S.Amdt. 5996

SA 5996. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2027 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 VII, add the following:

SEC. 771. WORKING GROUP ON DIGITAL STRATEGY FOR TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURIES.

(a) Establishment.--In accordance with the Warfighter Brain
Health Initiative under section 735 of the James M. Inhofe
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
(Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note), not later than
July 1, 2027, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs shall establish a working group to develop a digital
health strategy that leverages advances in artificial
intelligence for the treatment of traumatic brain injuries.
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall appoint to
the working group under subsection (a) members of the Armed
Forces, officers and employees of the Department of Defense,
and nongovernmental experts.
(2) Expertise.--Individuals appointed under paragraph (1)
to the working group under subsection (a) shall have
expertise in clinical care of traumatic brain injuries,
biomedical informatics, biomedical engineering, or biomedical
implementation science.
(c) Strategy.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall
include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Identification of capability gaps in treatment of
traumatic brain injuries that could be addressed through
artificial intelligence and digital health technologies.
(2) An analysis of existing research, development, and
acquisition efforts leveraging artificial intelligence-based
capabilities and digital health, including any applicable
commercial off-the-shelf solutions being used by the
Department of Defense to support treatment of traumatic brain
injuries.
(3) Expert recommendations on advances required to address
identified capability gaps and significantly improve
treatment of traumatic brain injuries using artificial
intelligence and digital health technologies.
(4) A recommended investment plan to advance technology and
knowledge readiness levels to field digital solutions for
treating traumatic brain injuries.
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