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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1089 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense 
to provide members of the Individual Ready Reserve, Individual Mobiliza-
tion Augmentees, and inactive members of the National Guard who 
served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent 
suicide, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2011 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. ROTHMAN of 
New Jersey, and Mrs. DAVIS of California) 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, Individual Mobilization Augmentees, and 
inactive members of the National Guard who served in 
Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to 
prevent suicide, and for other purposes. 
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 Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL 
READY RESERVE AND INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZA-
TION AUGMENTEES. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that a veteran who is 
either a member of the Individual Ready Reserve, an Indi-
vidual Mobilization Augmentee, or an inactive member of 
the National Guard and is not assigned to a unit that 
musters regularly and has an established support struc-
ture is less likely to be helped by existing suicide preven-
tion 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, individual mobi-
lization augmentees, and inactive mem-
bers of the National Guard 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the covered 
member is an individual mobilization augmentee; or 
‘‘(3) the covered member is a member of the in-
active National Guard. 
‘‘(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, accredited 
TRICARE provider, or other private provider in accord-
ance with paragraph (3) 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.
‘‘(3) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall refer a covered member to a qualified private mental 
health care provider if the Secretary determines that such 
private provider will ensure that such member will receive 
treatment and assistance without delay. 
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‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 31 of each 
year, beginning in 2013, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on— 
‘‘(1) 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; and 
‘‘(2) any resource, regulatory, or statutory 
issues that may be impeding the counseling calls 
under this section from reaching all covered mem-
bers. 
‘‘(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 on or after September 11, 2001; 
‘‘(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 on or after 
September 11, 2001; or 
‘‘(3) a member of the inactive National Guard 
who has deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq in support 
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of a contingency operation on or after September 11, 
2001.’’. 
(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, indi-
vidual mobilization augmentees, and inactive members of the 
National Guard.’’. 
(c) GAO REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States, in cooperation with the Secretary of De-
fense, shall submit to Congress a report on suicide among 
covered members (as defined in section 1074m(e) of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b)), in-
cluding how many such members who have separated from 
service have committed suicide. 
(d) USE OF PEER COUNSELING.—Consistent with 
the findings of the August 2010 report titled ‘‘The Final 
Report of the Department of Defense Task Force on the 
Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces’’, 
the Secretary of Defense shall develop, evaluate, and more 
widely disseminate programs (including peer-to-peer coun-
seling) that promote— 
(1) connectedness between members of the 
Armed Forces and the family, peers, and the imme-
diate chain of command of the members; and 
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(2) suicide risk identification and response with 
particular emphasis on members of the Reserve 
Components. 
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