HR 7474 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act

Introduced Jul 1, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Lori Trahan D-MA

Latest action · Jul 1, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 1, 2020
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to issue and implement guidance that requires that each suicide involving a member of the Armed Forces be reviewed by a multidisciplinary board established at the command or installation level.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 1, 2020 to Nov 30, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.	Original	Jul 1, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jul 1, 2020
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jul 13, 2020
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Jul 13, 2020
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Jul 13, 2020
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 13, 2020
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Jul 13, 2020
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jul 30, 2020
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jul 30, 2020
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 4, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Sep 4, 2020
D-HI	Ed Case		Sep 4, 2020
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 4, 2020
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Sep 4, 2020
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Sep 4, 2020
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Nov 30, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Armed Services Committee	Referred Jul 1, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 1, 2020Introduced in House
Jul 1, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H4190-H4191] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: H.R. 7892. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 45: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois. H.R. 155: Mr. Lamborn. H.R. 906: Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Brady, Mr. Schweikert, and Mr. Moolenaar. H.R. 1151: Mr. Phillips. H.R. 1787: Mr. Perlmutter. H.R. 2039: Ms. Haaland. H.R. 2075: Mr. Evans. H.R. 2155: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois. H.R. 2271: Mr. Connolly. H.R. 2381: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 2442: Mr. Lujan and Mr. Sarbanes. H.R. 2698: Ms. Garcia of Texas and Mr. Fitzpatrick. H.R. 2986: Mr. Heck, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Amodei, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Horsford, and Mr. Sherman. H.R. 3010: Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Stivers. H.R. 3107: Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Engel, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, and Mr. Banks. H.R. 3133: Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire. H.R. 3397: Mrs. Hartzler. H.R. 3572: Mr. Clay. H.R. 3637: Mr. Vela. H.R. 3711: Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. H.R. 3772: Mr. Posey. H.R. 3846: Mrs. Napolitano. H.R. 4022: Mr. Phillips. H.R. 4132: Mr. Quigley. H.R. 4439: Mr. Marshall. H.R. 4542: Mr. Dunn and Mr. Rooney of Florida. H.R. 4907: Mr. Woodall. H.R. 4914: Ms. Norton. H.R. 4934: Mr. Biggs. H.R. 5110: Mr. Sherman. H.R. 5125: Mr. Banks. H.R. 5297: Mrs. Napolitano and Mr. Larson of Connecticut. H.R. 5340: Mr. Carson of Indiana. H.R. 5343: Mr. Carson of Indiana. H.R. 5479: Mr. Carter of Texas. H.R. 5689: Mr. Carson of Indiana. H.R. 5845: Mr. Nadler and Ms. Roybal-Allard. H.R. 5873: Mr. Kinzinger, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Cole, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Keller, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Hastings. H.R. 5876: Ms. Houlahan. H.R. 5952: Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois. H.R. 5957: Mr. Hudson, Mr. McAdams, Mr. Posey, Mr. Mast, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Rouda, and Mr. Kelly of Mississippi. H.R. 5983: Mr. Rouda, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Speier, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Bass, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Garcia of California, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Porter, and Mr. Thompson of California. H.R. 6128: Mr. Palmer. H.R. 6142: Mr. Schiff. H.R. 6185: Mr. Rouda. H.R. 6338: Mr. Smith of Missouri and Mr. Taylor. H.R. 6492: Mr. Cohen. H.R. 6561: Ms. Spanberger. H.R. 6626: Mrs. Luria and Mrs. Trahan. H.R. 6676: Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Soto, and Mr. Garcia of Illinois. H.R. 6725: Ms. Davids of Kansas and Mr. McGovern. H.R. 6829: Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 6861: Ms. Bonamici. H.R. 6866: Mr. McGovern and Mr. DeSaulnier. H.R. 6881: Ms. Blunt Rochester. H.R. 6896: Mr. Hice of Georgia. H.R. 6899: Mrs. Torres of California. H.R. 6908: Mr. Rose of New York. H.R. 6910: Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania. H.R. 6934: Mr. Gottheimer. H.R. 7012: Ms. Jayapal. H.R. 7023: Mr. John W. Rose of Tennessee and Mr. Lawson of Florida. H.R. 7025: Ms. Blunt Rochester. H.R. 7052: Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Lofgren, and Mr. McCarthy. H.R. 7071: Mr. Stivers, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Holding, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Meeks, and Mr. Turner. H.R. 7072: Mr. Griffith. H.R. 7079: Mr. Bacon. H.R. 7175: Mr. Welch. H.R. 7176: Ms. Porter. H.R. 7197: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Ms. Porter. H.R. 7233: Mr. Bergman. H.R. 7241: Ms. Meng. H.R. 7286: Mr. Fitzpatrick. H.R. 7413: Mrs. Luria. H.R. 7438: Mr. Griffith. H.R. 7457: Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 7474: Mr. Heck and Mr. Quigley. H.R. 7481: Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Katko, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Baird, M[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 135, July 30, 2020.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 6395	William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021	Related bill	Jan 2, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Defense to issue guidance for the review of suicide events involving members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Comprehensive Review of Military Suicide Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

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Jul 1, 2020Introduced in House

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