On the recordDecember 12, 2022
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill provides for a primary prevention research agenda and workforce. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 5231 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 ``Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022'' SEC. 547. PRIMARY PREVENTION RESEARCH AGENDA AND WORKFORCE. (a) Annual Primary Prevention Research Agenda.--Section 549A(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1722) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs: ``(2) include a focus on whether and to what extent sub- populations of the military community may be targeted for interpersonal violence more than others; ``(3) seek to identify factors that influence the prevention, perpetration, and victimization of interpersonal and self-directed violence; ``(4) seek to improve the collection and dissemination of data on hazing and bullying related to interpersonal and self-directed violence;''; and (3) by amending paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, to read as follows: ``(6) incorporate collaboration with oth…





