Military Suicide Prevention Oversight Act

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.

Democrat · CA · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

2026-10-22

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10862 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10862 To direct the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to conduct a review of the efforts by the military departments to prevent incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members of the Armed Forces. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 22, 2026 Mr. Cisneros introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to conduct a review of the efforts by the military departments to prevent incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members of the Armed Forces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Military Suicide Prevention Oversight Act''. SEC. 2. REVIEW BY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON EFFORTS TO PREVENT SUICIDE. (a) Review.--The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct a review of the efforts of each Secretary of a military department to prevent incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members of the Armed Forces, including with respect to-- (1) efforts to increase public awareness of such prevention; and (2) developing unit commanding officer crisis response plans. (b) Elements.--The review under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of each of the following: (1) The extent of data collected regarding incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members of the Armed Forces. (2) The means used by commanders to prevent and respond to incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members. (3) Challenges relating to-- (A) the prevention of incidents of deaths by suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation among members deployed; and (B) the development of a response to such incidents. (4) The capacity of teams providing mental health services to members to respond to incidents of suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among members in the respective unit each such team serves. (5) The means used by such teams to respond to such incidents, including the extent to which post-incident programs are available to members. (6) Barriers to providing signage and advertisements for mental health resources in high-traffic areas on installations. (7) Current annual training requirements and leadership training programs for each Armed Force, including any enforcement measures. (8) Such other matters as the Inspector General determines appropriate. (c) Report.--Not later April 30, 2027, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes a summary of the results of the review under subsection (a). <all>

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