Military Suicide Prevention Oversight Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10862 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2026

 Mr. Cisneros introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 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).
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