S.Amdt. 6254

SA 6254. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. DATA COLLECTION.

(a) Collection of Data on Brain Injuries Related to Domestic and Sexual Violence.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall collect data on the prevalence of brain injuries resulting from domestic or sexual violence in order to assist the Department in understanding, addressing, and allocating resources to prevent, reduce, and treat such injuries, the impacts of such injuries, and the causes of such injuries.

(2) Collection.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, through existing surveys on domestic or sexual violence, collect data on the prevalence and circumstances surrounding brain injuries due to domestic or sexual violence. The Secretary shall allow for data collection for not fewer than 2 years.

(3) Privacy.--Data shall be collected, stored, and analyzed under this section in a manner that protects individual privacy and confidentiality.

(b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to relevant congressional committees, and post on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report that shall contain--

(1) an analysis of the data collected under subsection (a) relating to the connection between domestic and sexual violence and brain injuries; and

(2) a description of the steps that the Department of Health and Human Services is taking to increase awareness, increase services, decrease prevalence, and otherwise respond to the public health issue of brain injury that results from domestic and sexual violence.

(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026.

(d) Definition.--In this section, the term “brain injury” means an injury that impacts the function of the brain as a result of trauma, choking, or strangulation due to domestic or sexual violence.