Connecting the Community To End Military Suicide Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4882 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4882

To authorize permissive temporary duty for certain members of the Armed 
  Forces to attend certain seminars, retreats, workshops, or outdoor 
                      recreational therapy events.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2021

Mrs. Hartzler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize permissive temporary duty for certain members of the Armed 
  Forces to attend certain seminars, retreats, workshops, or outdoor 
                      recreational therapy events.

    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 ``Connecting the Community To End 
Military Suicide Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF PERMISSIVE TEMPORARY DUTY FOR WELLNESS.

    In order to reduce the rate of suicides in the Armed Forces, the 
Secretary of each military department shall prescribe regulations that 
authorize a member of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such 
Secretary to take not more than two weeks of permissive temporary duty 
each year to attend a seminar, retreat, workshop, or outdoor 
recreational therapy event--
            (1) hosted by a non-profit organization; and
            (2) that focuses on psychological, physical, spiritual, or 
        social wellness.
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