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Expressing support for the designation of the month of June 2025 as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month" and June 27, 2025, as "National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day".

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119th
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2025-06-24
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Scott H. Peters
Scott H. Peters
Democrat · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 95.8% (544 recorded votes)

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Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2025-06-24

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Plain-English Summary

This resolution supports the designation of National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Month and National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day. The resolution supports (1) the education of members of the Armed Forces, veterans, their families, and the public about post-traumatic stress; and (2) efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to foster cultural change around the issue of post-traumatic stress. The resolution also encourages the leadership of the Armed Forces to support treatment of members of the Armed Forces who suffer from post-traumatic stress.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Armed Forces and National Security
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