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H.R. 6630House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act

Sponsored by Sarah ElfrethRep. Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)
Introduced December 11, 2025

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The Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act directs the Department of Defense to launch an initiative that assesses and tackles mental‑health and stress‑related challenges faced by members of the Cyber Mission Force. Within a year of enactment, the DoD must place qualified behavioral health professionals—who have the required security clearances—at U.S. Cyber Command locations. The law also requires annual briefings to Congress for three years on the program’s progress and findings.

Key Provisions

  • The Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and for Policy, together with cyber advisors and the U.S. Cyber Command commander, must start the initiative within one year of the law’s passage.
  • Behavioral health professionals must be assigned to Cyber Mission Force duty sites and hold security clearances that allow them to treat service members.
  • Each year for three years, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy must brief the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on the initiative’s status, clearance validation, clinical cases, challenges, and awareness efforts.
  • The bill defines “occupational resiliency challenges” as work‑related behavioral health issues and stress.

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

December 11, 2025

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Introduced in House

December 11, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

December 11, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued December 11, 2025

I

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 6630

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 11, 2025

Ms. Elfreth (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To direct the Department of Defense to carry out an initiative to understand and address occupational resiliency challenges of the Cyber Mission Force.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act.

2.

Occupational resiliency of the Cyber Mission Force

(a)

Requirement

Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Principal Cyber Advisors of the military departments and the Commander of the United States Cyber Command, shall jointly carry out an initiative to understand and address occupational resiliency challenges at the duty locations of the Cyber Mission Force by ensuring that—

(1)

behavioral health professionals are assigned to the operating locations of United States Cyber Command and the Cyber Mission Force; and

(2)

each such professional holds the security clearance necessary to provide treatment to the members of the Armed Forces assigned at such duty locations.

(b)

Annual briefings

On an annual basis during the three-year period beginning on the date on which the initiative under subsection (a) commences, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy shall jointly provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the following:

(1)

The status of carrying out such initiative.

(2)

Validation of the security clearances held by behavioral health professionals assigned under such subsection.

(3)

An analysis of clinical acuity being treated by such professionals.

(4)

Identified challenges to carrying out such initiative.

(5)

Efforts to improve the awareness by members of the Armed Forces assigned to the Cyber Mission Force with respect to the availability of appropriately cleared behavioral health professionals who can treat such members.

(6)

Any other information the Under Secretary or the Assistant Secretary determines appropriate.

(c)

Occupational resiliency challenges defined

In this section, the term occupational resiliency challenges means behavioral health challenges relating to an occupation and work-related stress.