119-s793

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 793 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 793

 To amend the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care 
 Improvement Act of 2019 to modify and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant 
Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care 
 Improvement Act of 2019 to modify and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant 
Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION OF THE STAFF SERGEANT 
 PARKER GORDON FOX SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM OF THE 
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Task Force.--

Section 201 of the Commander John Scott Hannon 
Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (38 U.S.C. 1720F 
note; Public Law 116-171) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) , by striking ``the President's 
 Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of 
 Suicide Task Force'' and inserting ``such entities as the 
 Secretary considers appropriate''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (h)

    (3)
            (L) , by striking ``the President's 
 Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of 
 Suicide Task Force,''.

    (b) Maximum Grant Amount.--Subsection
            (c) (2)
        (A) of such section is 
amended by striking ``$750,000'' and inserting ``$1,250,000''.
            (c) Measures and Metrics.--Subsection

    (h)

    (2) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
 ``
            (C) Additional measures and metrics as the 
 Secretary considers appropriate to ensure that the 
 measures and metrics described in this paragraph--
 ``
            (i) accurately reflect the aims of the 
 grant program under this section;
 ``
            (ii) provide accountability to Congress 
 related to grant funds; and
 ``
            (iii) reflect lessons learned from 
 interim reporting on and evaluation of the 
 grant program.''.
            (d) Briefings.--Subsection

    (h) of such section is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
 ``

    (5) Briefing for local vamcs.--Not less frequently than 
 once each year, the Secretary shall provide, to the appropriate 
 personnel of each medical center of the Department located not 
 more than 100 miles from the primary location of a grantee 
 under this section, a briefing about the grant program under 
 this section in order to improve coordination between such 
 grantee and personnel.''.

    (e) Duration.--Subsection

    (j) of such section is amended by 
striking ``the date that is three years after the date on which the 
first grant is awarded under this section'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2028''.

    (f) Reauthorization.--Subsection

    (p) of such section is amended by 
striking ``a total of $174,000,000 for fiscal years 2021 through 2025'' 
and inserting ``$285,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 
through 2028''.

    (g) Eligible Individuals.--Subsection

    (q)

    (4)
            (C) of such section is 
amended by striking ``
            (iv) '' and inserting ``
            (vi) ''.
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