Sec. 738. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

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## SEC. 738 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ###

(a)Establishment of Committee Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an independent suicide prevention and response review committee. ###

(b)Membership The committee established under subsection

(a)shall be composed of not fewer than five individuals— ####

(1)designated by the Secretary; ####

(2)with expertise determined to be relevant by the Secretary, including at least one individual who is an experienced provider of mental health services; and ####

(3)none of whom may be— #####

(A)a member of an Armed Force; or #####

(B)a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, unless the individual is a former member of an Armed Force. ###

(c)Selection of Military Installations ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall select, for review by the committee established under subsection (a), at least one military installation under the jurisdiction of each military department. ####

(2)Inclusion of remote installation The Secretary shall ensure that, of the total military installations selected for review under paragraph (1), at least one such installation is a remote installation of the Department of Defense located outside the contiguous United States. ###

(d)Duties The committee established under subsection

(a)shall review the suicide prevention and response programs and other factors that may contribute to the incidence or prevention of suicide at the military installations selected for review pursuant to subsection (c). Such review shall be conducted through means including— ####

(1)a confidential survey; ####

(2)focus groups; and ####

(3)individual interviews. ###

(e)Coordination In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the Director of the Office of People Analytics of the Department of Defense and the Director of the Office of Force Resiliency of the Department of Defense coordinate and cooperate with the committee established under subsection (a). ###

(f)Compensation ####

(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may compensate members of the committee established under subsection

(a)for the work of such members for the committee. ####

(2)Exception A member of the committee established under subsection

(a)who is a civilian employee of the Department of Defense and a former member of an Armed Force may not receive compensation under paragraph (1). ####

(3)Treatment of compensation A member of the committee established under subsection

(a)who receives compensation under paragraph

(1)shall not be considered a civilian employee of the Department of Defense for purposes of subsection (b)(3)(B). ###

(g)Reports ####

(1)Report to secretary Not later than 270 days after the date of the establishment of the committee under subsection (a), the committee shall submit to the Secretary a report containing the results of the reviews conducted by the committee and recommendations of the committee to reduce the incidence of suicide at the military installations reviewed. ####

(2)Report to congress Not later than 330 days after the date of the establishment of the committee under subsection (a), the committee shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate the report under paragraph (1). ###

(h)Termination The committee established under subsection

(a)shall terminate on a date designated by the Secretary as the date on which the work of the committee has been completed. ###

(i)Nonapplicability of FACA The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the committee established under subsection (a).