S.Amdt. 1958

SA 1958. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 738. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OF PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT NETWORKS.

It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense
should use peer-to-peer support networks that are staffed 24
hours per day and seven days per week by veterans to provide
counseling in a confidential environment to active duty
members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
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