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S. 3013: Save Our Ser­vice­mem­bers Act of 2021

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S. 3013: Save Our Ser­vice­mem­bers Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-20 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Save Our Ser­vice­mem­bers Act of 2021

Plain summary

Save Our Servicemembers Act of 2021 This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the Department of Defense (DOD) to evaluate and standardize DOD's suicide prevention efforts. Specifically, the bill directs the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to collaborate with each military department to (1) develop and implement a process to ensure that individual nonclinical suicide prevention efforts are assessed for effectiveness, and (2) develop consistent suicide-related definitions for use throughout DOD. The bill also requires the use of such suicide-related definitions in any updated policies of DOD or each military department.

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Official text

Save Our Ser­vice­mem­bers Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), James E. Risch (R-ID), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] reported raising $2.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s3013 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117