# 119-hr-6454: VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2025

119-hr-6454, VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6454
- Congress: 119
- Title: VA Zero Suicide Demonstration Project Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Creates a VA Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program** that would bring the Zero Suicide Institute curriculum into five VA medical centers to train staff and improve suicide care for veterans. It focuses on staff education, standardized screening and risk management, and tracking suicide-related outcomes to guide future expansion. - Veterans at participating centers would get a coordinated suicide-care approach that includes screening, lethal-means counseling, referrals for comprehensive assessment, and safety planning, with attempts and deaths tracked. - Each site would select 5 to 10 staff leaders who would complete at least 10 weeks of education, carry out a team self-study, attend the Zero Suicide Academy, and implement training on screening, assessment, electronic health record use, treatment, and care transitions. - The pilot would run at 5 VA medical centers, require annual progress reports and a final evaluation, and would terminate after a 5-year term unless Congress is notified of an extension.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1] (R-KS), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New suicide-prevention pilot for veterans: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to set up a Zero Suicide Initiative pilot within 180 days of enactment. It would run at five VA medical centers, including one that primarily serves rural and remote veterans. The Secretary would identify 15 candidate sites within 180 days a…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6454 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6454)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6454 (as of 2026-09-21).