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Committee reauthorizes Fox suicide‑prevention grants after debate over data collection and program reform
Summary
The committee agreed to reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant program in HR 1969 but rejected a minority substitute that would have adopted the Senate text and added different evaluation metrics; members debated enhancing data collection and oversight before reauthorization.
The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs voted to adopt an amendment in the nature of a substitute and to report HR 1969, the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, favorably to the House. The measure reauthorizes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant (Fox) program and includes provisions intended to reduce red tape and expand access to community-based suicide prevention activities.
Representative Miller‑Meeks described the amendment as reauthorizing the Fox program and incorporating the…
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