1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Precision Medicine Act . 2. Precision medicine initiative of Department of Veterans Affairs to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers (a) In general Beginning not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop and implement an initiative of the Department of Veterans Affairs to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans, with specific consideration for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, traumatic brain injury, and such other mental health conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate. Such initiative may be referred to as the Precision Medicine for Veterans Initiative . (b) Model of initiative The initiative under subsection (a) shall be modeled on the All of Us Precision Medicine Initiative administered by the National Institutes of Health with respect to large-scale collection of standardized data and open data sharing. (c) Use of data (1) Privacy and security In carrying out the initiative under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop robust data privacy and security measures to ensure that information of veterans participating in the initiative is kept private and secure. (2) Open platform (A) Research purposes (i) In general The Secretary shall make de-identified data collected under the initiative available for research purposes both within and outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (ii) Research The Secretary shall assist the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy in the use by the National Institutes of Health or the Department of Energy of data collected under the initiative for research purposes under clause (i). (B) Data may not be sold Data collected under the initiative may not be sold. (3) Standardization (A) In general The Secretary shall ensure that data collected under the initiative is standardized. (B) Consultation The Secretary shall consult with the National