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Union Calendar No. 26 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 327 
[Report No. 110–55] 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and implement a 
comprehensive program designed to reduce the incidence of suicide among 
veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2007 
Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. KIND, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. LI-
PINSKI, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ROSS, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WOOL-
SEY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. NEAL of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCINTYRE, Ms. WATERS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
MOLLOHAN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MOORE of 
Kansas, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. OLVER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. POM-
EROY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. STARK, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. MORAN of Vir-
ginia, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. FILNER, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. WATT, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. BERRY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
DONNELLY, Mr. HILL, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. 
MELANCON, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. BEAN, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. 
BACA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. BARROW, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. SHULER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. 
HAYES, and Mr. WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
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MARCH 20, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr. RENZI, Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
WAXMAN, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. 
HARE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. KUCINICH, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, 
Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, 
Mr. MARKEY, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 
ALTMIRE, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. COHEN, Mr. ELLISON, 
Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. CARNEY, 
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. HALL of New 
York, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. WU, Mr. BOOZMAN, 
Mr. SPACE, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. BUYER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. MILLER of 
Florida, 
Mr. 
LAMBORN, 
Mr. 
BILIRAKIS, 
Mr. 
BUCHANAN, 
Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. SOUDER 
MARCH 20, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2007] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and 
implement a comprehensive program designed to reduce 
the incidence of suicide among veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Joshua Omvig Veterans 
Suicide Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) suicide among veterans suffering from post- 
traumatic stress disorder (in this section referred to 
as ‘‘PTSD’’) is a serious problem; and 
(2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should take 
into consideration the special needs of veterans suf-
fering from PTSD and the special needs of elderly 
veterans who are at high risk for depression and expe-
rience high rates of suicide in developing and imple-
menting the comprehensive program under this Act. 
SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FOR SUICIDE PREVEN-
TION AMONG VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAM
FOR
SUICIDE 
PREVENTION AMONG VETERANS.—Chapter 17 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1720F. Comprehensive program for suicide preven-
tion among veterans 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall develop 
and carry out a comprehensive program designed to reduce 
the incidence of suicide among veterans incorporating the 
components described in this section. 
‘‘(b) STAFF EDUCATION.—In carrying out the com-
prehensive program under this section, the Secretary shall 
provide for mandatory training for appropriate staff and 
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(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a 
report on the comprehensive program under section 
1720A of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a). 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report shall 
contain the following: 
(A) Information on the status of the imple-
mentation of such program. 
(B) Information on the time line and costs 
for complete implementation of the program 
within two years. 
(C) A plan for additional programs and ac-
tivities designed to reduce the occurrence of sui-
cide among veterans. 
(D) Recommendations for further legislation 
or administrative action that the Secretary con-
siders appropriate to improve suicide prevention 
programs within the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to develop and implement a comprehensive 
program designed to reduce the incidence of suicide 
among veterans.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 26 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 327 
[Report No. 110–55] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to de-
velop and implement a comprehensive program 
designed to reduce the incidence of suicide 
among veterans. 
MARCH 20, 2007 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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