S.Amdt. 2881

SA 2881. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019
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. 729. REPORT ON PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report that--
(1) makes recommendations on the feasibility and
advisability of renewing the peer support program of the
Department of Defense known as the Vets4Warriors program,
including an assessment, through a public process established
by the Secretary, of whether members of the Armed Forces will
receive adequate mental health care and resources in the
absence of such program;
(2) evaluates the effectiveness of peer-to-peer counseling
in assisting members of the Armed Forces and their families;
(3) assesses the success of current peer support programs
of the Department; and
(4) makes recommendations for serving members of the Armed
Forces in need of peer support who are not currently using
peer support programs of the Department.
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