S.Amdt. 830

SA 830. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed to
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 729. STUDY ON USE OF ROUTINE NEUROIMAGING MODALITIES IN
DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF BRAIN
INJURY DUE TO BLAST PRESSURE EXPOSURE DURING
COMBAT AND TRAINING.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study on the feasibility and effectiveness of the use of
routine neuroimaging modalities in the diagnosis, treatment,
and prevention of brain injury among members of the Armed
Forces due to one or more blast pressure exposures during
combat and training.
(b) Reports.--
(1) Interim report.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House
of Representatives an interim report on the methods and
action plan for the study under subsection (a).
(2) Final report.--Not later than two years after the date
on which the Secretary begins the study under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the results of such study.
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