Sec. 599. REPORT ON INCIDENCE OF MILITARY SUICIDES BY MILITARY JOB CODE

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## SEC. 599 REPORT ON INCIDENCE OF MILITARY SUICIDES BY MILITARY JOB CODE ###

(a)Report 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— ####

(1)year; ####

(2)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 ####

(3)whether the member was serving on active duty, in the National Guard, or as a Reserve. ###

(b)Elements The report required under subsection

(a)shall include the following elements: ####

(1)A compilation of suicide data by military job code to determine which military career fields have a higher per capita suicide rate compared to— #####

(A)other military career fields for the same period; #####

(B)the overall suicide rate for each Armed Force for the same period; #####

(C)the overall suicide rate for the Department of Defense for the same period; and #####

(D)the national suicide rate for the same period. ####

(2)A disaggregation of suicide data by age categories consistent with the age categories used in the Department of Defense Annual Suicide Report. ###

(c)Interim Briefing 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.