S.Amdt. 2153
What it does: Adds SEC. 1044. STUDIES ON PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS WHO SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM at the end of subtitle D of title X
Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-DE)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 1585
Adds SEC. 1044. STUDIES ON PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS WHO SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM at the end of subtitle D of title X
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. 1044. STUDIES ON PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS WHO SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) Many of the members of the Armed Forces deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have traumatic brain injuries.
Inserted: (2) In many cases, such injuries are not diagnosed because there is no external indication of the injury.
Inserted: (b) Studies on Treating Traumatic Brain Injury as Presumptive Condition for Disability Compensation.--
Inserted: (1) Study by secretary of defense.--
Inserted: (A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a presumption for treatment of traumatic brain injury in members of the Armed Forces who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom as a service-connected condition for purposes of disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Defense.
Inserted: (B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
Inserted: (2) Study by secretary of veterans affairs.--
Inserted: (A) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a presumption for treatment of traumatic brain injury in veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom as a service-connected condition for purposes of disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Inserted: (B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
Inserted: (3) Study by director of national institutes of health.--
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Inserted: (A) In general.--The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall conduct a study on traumatic brain injury, including the detection of traumatic brain injury and the measurement and classification of the severity of traumatic brain injury.
Inserted: (B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:
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SA 2153. Mr. BIDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1044. STUDIES ON PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE CONNECTION FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS WHO SERVED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM OR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Many of the members of the Armed Forces deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have traumatic brain injuries.
(2) In many cases, such injuries are not diagnosed because there is no external indication of the injury.
(b) Studies on Treating Traumatic Brain Injury as Presumptive Condition for Disability Compensation.--
(1) Study by secretary of defense.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a presumption for treatment of traumatic brain injury in members of the Armed Forces who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom as a service-connected condition for purposes of disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Defense.
(B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
(2) Study by secretary of veterans affairs.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on the feasibility and advisability of establishing a presumption for treatment of traumatic brain injury in veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom as a service-connected condition for purposes of disability compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
(3) Study by director of national institutes of health.--
(A) In general.--The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall conduct a study on traumatic brain injury, including the detection of traumatic brain injury and the measurement and classification of the severity of traumatic brain injury.
(B) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institutes of Health shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study required by subparagraph (A).
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Senate amendment submitted
July 12, 2007