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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 Cali-
fornia, 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 Sec-
retary of Defense to provide members of the Individual 
Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with 
information on counseling to prevent suicide. 
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 ‘‘Sergeant Coleman S. 
Bean Individual Ready Reserve Suicide Prevention Act of 
2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL 
READY RESERVE AND INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZA-
TION AUGMENTEES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that a veteran who 
is a member of the Individual Ready Reserve (or who is 
an individual mobilization augmentee) and is not assigned 
to a unit that musters regularly and has an established 
support structure is less likely to be helped by existing 
suicide prevention programs carried out by the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) SUICIDE PREVENTION.—Chapter 55 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
section 1074l the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1074m. Suicide prevention for members of the In-
dividual Ready Reserve and individual 
mobilization augmentees 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that each covered member receives a telephone call 
described in subsection (b) not less than once every 90 
days during the period in which— 
‘‘(1) the covered member is a member of the In-
dividual Ready Reserve; or 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the covered 
member is an individual mobilization augmentee. 
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‘‘(b) COUNSELING CALL.—A telephone call described 
in this subsection is a call from properly trained personnel 
to determine the emotional, psychological, medical, and ca-
reer needs and concerns of the covered member. 
‘‘(c) REFERRAL.—(1) The personnel making a tele-
phone call described in subsection (b) shall refer a covered 
member identified as being at-risk of self-caused harm to 
the nearest military medical treatment facility or accred-
ited TRICARE provider for immediate evaluation and 
treatment by a qualified mental health care provider. 
‘‘(2) If a covered member is referred under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall confirm that the member has re-
ceived the evaluation and any necessary treatment.
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31 of each 
year, beginning in 2011, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the number of covered members who 
have been referred for counseling or mental health treat-
ment under this section, as well as the health and career 
status of such members. 
‘‘(e) COVERED MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered member’ means— 
‘‘(1) a member of the Individual Ready Reserve 
described in section 10144(b) of this title who has 
deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq in support of a con-
tingency operation; or 
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‘‘(2) a member of a reserve component who the 
Secretary determines is an individual mobilization 
augmentee who has deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq 
in support of a contingency operation.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1074l 
the following new item: 
‘‘1074m. Suicide prevention for members of the Individual Ready Reserve and 
individual mobilization augmentees.’’. 
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