Proposed Federal Firearm Legislation SB2822
Legislation Overview
Title: Post–9/11 Veteran Suicide Prevention Counseling Act
Subject: Armed forces and national security: Department of Veterans Affairs: Firearms and explosives: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management: Government information and archives: Health promotion and preventive care: Medical education: Mental health: Veterans' medical care
Description: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a suicide risk management and prevention and lethal means training course that is culturally appropriate and addresses the concerns of firearm owners. The VA must make such training course available to members of the public and must update the course at least every two years. Additionally, the VA must provide the most recent training course at least once every five years to each employee of the Veterans Health Administration who regularly interacts with veterans in the course of their employment.
Session: 116th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Last Action Date: November 7, 2019
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2822/all-info
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Tammy Duckworth (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Nov 7, 2019 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. |
Texts
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Nov 18 2019 | federal link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Committee
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Veterans' Affairs
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