[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4783 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4783

 To require the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
to carry out a pilot program on providing training to, validating, and 
       deploying grief companions to facilitate bereavement care.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 2022

   Mr. Young introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
to carry out a pilot program on providing training to, validating, and 
       deploying grief companions to facilitate bereavement care.

    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 ``Doug Zembiec Gold Star Family 
Support Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON GRIEF COMPANIONS FOLLOWING CASUALTY 
              NOTIFICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Commencing not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness shall carry out a pilot program on providing 
training to, validating, and deploying grief companions to facilitate 
bereavement care provided by the Department of Defense following 
casualty notifications with respect to members of the Armed Forces.
    (b) Duration.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness shall carry out the pilot program required under subsection 
(a) for a period of not less than one year.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness $250,000 to carry out the pilot program required under 
subsection (a).
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