S.Amdt. 5415
What it does: Adds SEC. 722. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH at the end of subtitle C of title VII
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 722. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH at the end of subtitle C of title VII
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(B) The definition in section 721(d)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.
Inserted: SEC. 722. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The members of the Armed Forces who have served in the Global War on Terror have sacrificed greatly on behalf of the American people and deserve treatment for the injuries they have suffered during their service to our nation.
Inserted: (2) Funding for programs and activities relating to Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health have typically been provided by emergency supplemental appropriations.
Inserted: (3) The budget of the President for fiscal year 2009 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) included a request for only minimal funds for the Department of Defense for programs and activities relating to Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health, relying instead on supplemental appropriations.
Inserted: (4) According to the 2007 annual report of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, approximately 20 percent of the members of the Armed Forces who have served in the Global War on Terror suffer from some form of Traumatic Brain Injury.
Inserted: (5) The symptoms and side effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and other psychological health conditions can include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, mental confusion, and seizures.
Inserted: (6) The symptoms and side effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and other psychological health conditions in members of the Armed Forces require treatment and future monitoring, and treatment of the wounded should be a long-term priority for the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (7) Treatment of any long-term health condition that affects a significant portion of the members of the Armed Forces, such as Traumatic Brain Injury and other psychological health conditions, requires a regularized funding commitment by the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the amounts requested for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2010 in the budget of the President for that fiscal year (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) should include a specific request for adequate funds to carry out programs and activities relating to Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health that would improve the well being of members of the Armed Forces.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5415. Mr. McCONNELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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 C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 722. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The members of the Armed Forces who have served in the Global War on Terror have sacrificed greatly on behalf of the American people and deserve treatment for the injuries they have suffered during their service to our nation.
(2) Funding for programs and activities relating to Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health have typically been provided by emergency supplemental appropriations.
(3) The budget of the President for fiscal year 2009 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) included a request for only minimal funds for the Department of Defense for programs and activities relating to Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health, relying instead on supplemental appropriations.
(4) According to the 2007 annual report of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, approximately 20 percent of the members of the Armed Forces who have served in the Global War on Terror suffer from some form of Traumatic Brain Injury.
(5) The symptoms and side effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and other psychological health conditions can include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, mental confusion, and seizures.
(6) The symptoms and side effects of Traumatic Brain Injury and other psychological health conditions in members of the Armed Forces require treatment and future monitoring, and treatment of the wounded should be a long-term priority for the Department of Defense.
(7) Treatment of any long-term health condition that affects a significant portion of the members of the Armed Forces, such as Traumatic Brain Injury and other psychological health conditions, requires a regularized funding commitment by the Department of Defense.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the amounts requested for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2010 in the budget of the President for that fiscal year (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) should include a specific request for adequate funds to carry out programs and activities relating to Traumatic Brain Injury and psychological health that would improve the well being of members of the Armed Forces.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 10, 2008