Sec. 599. Report on incidence of military suicides by military job code
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Not later than December 31, 2023, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security with regards to the Coast Guard, shall conduct a review and submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the rates of suicides in the Armed Forces, beginning after September 11, 2001, disaggregated by— year; military job code (Army military occupational specialty, Navy enlisted classification or billet, Marine Corps military occupational specialty, Air Force specialty code, or Coast Guard rating); and whether the member was serving on active duty, in the National Guard, or as a Reserve. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include the following elements: A compilation of suicide data by military job code to determine which military career fields have a higher per capita suicide rate compared to— other military career fields for the same period; the overall suicide rate for each Armed Force for the same period; the overall suicide rate for the Department of Defense for the same period; and the national suicide rate for the same period. A disaggregation of suicide data by age categories consistent with the age categories used in the Department of Defense Annual Suicide Report. Not later than June 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the preliminary findings of the review conducted under this section.