TOURS Act

This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, to produce an annual report on veteran suicide prevention. The VA would submit each report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees and give them a yearly briefing on it. The bill would also require the VA to begin, by January 1, 2027, a two-year study of how veterans' engagement with the VA Chaplain Service and other faith-based programs relates to suicide risk. Veterans would have to be told about the data collection, confidential medical and religious communications could not be compromised, and use of chaplain services would stay voluntary. The VA would report study results to Congress after each year of the study.

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Sponsors

• David G. Valadao Republican sponsor
• 3 cosponsors