Require the VA to share lethal means safety training resources with the general public and include compliance and reporting requirements.

The Lethal Means Safety Training Act also includes strong compliance and reporting requirements and requires VA to share its training resources with the general public for broader use.

Underwood's bill would impose compliance and reporting requirements and require VA to make lethal-means safety training resources available to the public.

Underwood Introduces Legislation to Prevent Veteran Suicides | Representative Lauren Underwood
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(2) S UBSEQUENT UPDATES.—Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall update the training as appropriate, taking into consideration best practices, and publish a report on the internet website of the Department that includes the percentage of individuals in each category described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) who completed the training referred to in paragraph (1) during the year covered by the report.

The bill would require VA to publish an annual online report showing completion rates for the required training among covered employees, provider employees, and caregivers.

H. R. 10409 (Introduced-in-House)
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(d) Public availability .—The Secretary shall make the training course referred to in subsection (a) publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department.

The bill would require VA to make the lethal means safety and suicide prevention training course publicly available online.

H. R. 10409 (Introduced-in-House)
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Ms. Underwood (for herself and Mr. Levin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill text shows Underwood introduced H.R. 10409 and it was referred to committee, indicating renewed legislative effort but no enactment yet.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 10409 (119th): Lethal Means Safety Training Act, Introduced in House
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Subsequent updates.--Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall update the training as appropriate, taking into consideration best practices, and publish a report on the internet website of the Department that includes the percentage of individuals in each category described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) who completed the training referred to in paragraph (1) during the year covered by the report. Public Availability.--The Secretary shall make the training course referred to in subsection (a) publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill contains the reporting/compliance publication requirement and public availability requirement matching the commitment, but the text is only introduced legislation as of the source date.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 10409 (119th): Lethal Means Safety Training Act, Introduced in House
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Last Action Date Listed September 16, 2026 Bill Version Introduced in House (IH)

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo's bill-status metadata lists H.R. 10409 only as introduced in the House, with the last listed action still on September 16, 2026. No enacted law or later official action was found in the October 1-3 lookback.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 10409 (IH) - Lethal Means Safety Training Act - BILLS-119hr10409ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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introduced legislation to address the veteran suicide crisis by expanding evidence-based lethal means safety training

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Underwood's official House release documents renewed legislative effort on lethal-means safety training, but it describes an introduced bill rather than enactment or VA implementation.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Underwood Introduces Legislation to Prevent Veteran Suicides | Representative Lauren Underwood
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