S.Amdt. 2860

SA 2860. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 E of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 750. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF LOAN
FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CLINICIANS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study on the feasibility and advisability of conducting a
loan forgiveness program for behavioral health clinicians of
the Department of Defense as outlined in recommendation 6.3
of the final report issued by the Suicide Prevention and
Response Independent Review Committee.
(b) Elements.--In conducting the study required under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall include an assessment
of--
(1) the potential need or demand for a loan forgiveness
program for behavioral health clinicians of the Department;
(2) the costs associated with such a program, including
actual loan forgiveness amounts per recipient;
(3) other programs that could serve as a model for such a
program; and
(4) how the Secretary could best leverage such a program to
maximize benefit to the Department.
(c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).
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