# 119-hr-6548: DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act

119-hr-6548, DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6548
- Congress: 119
- Title: DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-12-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Establishes a Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Program** that would coordinate suicide prevention, peer support, training, and data collection across Department of Homeland Security law enforcement components to improve resilience and reduce suicides among officers and agents. - For officers and agents: Would require coordinated training on mental health, resilience, and suicide prevention, offer multiple confidential ways to seek help, protect against retaliation for seeking assistance, and allow access to private clinicians and service animals. - For families and survivors: Would support suicide prevention and resiliency training and services aimed at families of Department law enforcement and surviving families of officers lost to suicide. - For Department components and peer support staff: Would create a Peer-to-Peer Support Program Advisory Council with clinicians and trained peer officials from each component, mandate data collection and annual confidential surveys, require a coordinating directive within 180 days, and call for briefings annually through fiscal year 2027.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More mental health support for DHS officers: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would create a DHS-wide Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Program run by the Department's Chief Medical Officer. The Chief Medical Officer would name a Workplace Health and Wellness Coordinator and must issue a directive describing program roles within 180 days. Compo…

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- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
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- 119-hr-5061: Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act
- 119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6548 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6548)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-5061: Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5061)
- [119-hr-2086: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2086)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6548 (as of 2026-09-21).