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A resolution designating June 2020 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2020, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".

Introduced: June 15, 2020 Introduced by: Sullivan, Dan Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Jun 25, 2020
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 06/15/2020 CR S2975-2976)
Jun 25, 2020
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: 06/15/2020 CR S2975-2976)
Jun 25, 2020
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3625)
Jun 25, 2020
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3625)
Jun 15, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 15, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution designates June 2020 as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month and June 27, 2020, as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day.

The resolution supports (1) the education of members of the Armed Forces, veterans, their families, and the public about post-traumatic stress; and (2) efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to foster cultural change around the issue of post-traumatic stress.

The resolution also encourages the leadership of the Armed Forces to support treatment of members of the Armed Forces who suffer from post-traumatic stress.

What's happening now June 25, 2020

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: 06/15/2020 CR S2975-2976)

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