To require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on improving trauma training for trauma teams of the Department of Defense.

SA 3926. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157,
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A,
insert the following:

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Sec. ___. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on improving
trauma training for trauma teams of the Department of
Defense, including through the use of the Joint Trauma
Education and Training Directorate established under section
708 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
(b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include
recommendations regarding how to best coordinate trauma teams
of the Department of Defense with trauma partners in the
civilian sector, including evaluating how trauma surgeons and
physicians of the Department can best partner with civilian
level 1 trauma centers verified by the American College of
Surgeons, including those trauma centers coupled to a burn
center that offers burn rotations and clinical experience, to
provide adequate training and readiness for the next
generation of medical providers to treat critically injured
burn patients and other military trauma victims.
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