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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5170 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense 

to provide members of the Individual Ready Reserve who served in 

Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2010 

Mr. HOLT (for himself, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BARTLETT, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to provide members of the Individual 

Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with 

information on counseling to prevent suicide. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sergeant Coleman S. 

5 Bean Individual Ready Reserve Suicide Prevention Act of 

6 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL 

2 READY RESERVE AND INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZA3 TION AUGMENTEES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that a veteran who 

5 is a member of the Individual Ready Reserve (or who is 

6 an individual mobilization augmentee) and is not assigned 

7 to a unit that musters regularly and has an established 

8 support structure is less likely to be helped by existing 

9 suicide prevention programs carried out by the Secretary 

10 of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

11 (b) IN GENERAL.— 

12 (1) SUICIDE PREVENTION.—Chapter 55 of title 

13 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after 

14 section 1074l the following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 1074m. Suicide prevention for members of the In16 dividual Ready Reserve and individual 

17 mobilization augmentees 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

19 ensure that each covered member receives a telephone call 

20 described in subsection (b) not less than once every 90 

21 days during the period in which— 

22 ‘‘(1) the covered member is a member of the In23 dividual Ready Reserve; or 

24 ‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the covered 

25 member is an individual mobilization augmentee. 


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1 ‘‘(b) COUNSELING CALL.—A telephone call described 

2 in this subsection is a call from properly trained personnel 

3 to determine the emotional, psychological, medical, and ca4 reer needs and concerns of the covered member. 

5 ‘‘(c) REFERRAL.—(1) The personnel making a tele6 phone call described in subsection (b) shall refer a covered 

7 member identified as being at-risk of self-caused harm to 

8 the nearest military medical treatment facility or accred9 ited TRICARE provider for immediate evaluation and 

10 treatment by a qualified mental health care provider. 

11 ‘‘(2) If a covered member is referred under paragraph 

12 (1), the Secretary shall confirm that the member has re13 ceived the evaluation and any necessary treatment.

14 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31 of each 

15 year, beginning in 2011, the Secretary shall submit to 

16 Congress a report on the number of covered members who 

17 have been referred for counseling or mental health treat18 ment under this section, as well as the health and career 

19 status of such members. 

20 ‘‘(e) COVERED MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, 

21 the term ‘covered member’ means— 

22 ‘‘(1) a member of the Individual Ready Reserve 

23 described in section 10144(b) of this title who has 

24 deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq in support of a con25 tingency operation; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) a member of a reserve component who the 

2 Secretary determines is an individual mobilization 

3 augmentee who has deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq 

4 in support of a contingency operation.’’. 

5 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec6 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

7 by inserting after the item relating to section 1074l 

8 the following new item: 

‘‘1074m. Suicide prevention for members of the Individual Ready Reserve and 

individual mobilization augmentees.’’. 

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