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Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021

Introduced: October 25, 2021 Introduced by: Miller-Meeks, Mariannette Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Oct 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Oct 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021

This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the Department of Defense (DOD) to evaluate and standardize DOD's suicide prevention efforts.

Specifically, the bill directs the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to collaborate with each military department to (1) develop and implement a process to ensure that individual nonclinical suicide prevention efforts are assessed for effectiveness, and (2) develop consistent suicide-related definitions for use throughout DOD. The bill also requires the use of such suicide-related definitions in any updated policies of DOD or each military department.

What's happening now October 20, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Dec 27, 2021
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Oct 28, 2021
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Oct 26, 2021
Axne, Cynthia
· Oct 25, 2021
RYAN, TIM
· Oct 25, 2021
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Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Oct 20, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5645: Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5645/
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"H.R. 5645: Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5645/.
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