H.R. 9863House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

To direct the Director of the Defense Health Agency to submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to provide training opportunities with respect to treating members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injuries.

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H.R. 9863 directs the Defense Health Agency to study the possibility of creating a pilot fellowship that trains doctors to treat traumatic brain injuries in military personnel and veterans. Within about nine months, the agency must report to Congress on whether such a program could work, where it could be located, and how it would be structured. The proposed pilot would involve two one‑year fellowships for physicians with neurology or psychiatry residency training, aiming to prepare them for future board certification in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry.

Key Provisions

The Director of the Defense Health Agency must submit a feasibility report to the congressional defense committees within 270 days of the bill’s enactment.
The report must assess whether a pilot behavioral neurology fellowship program for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) in service members and veterans is feasible and identify possible locations for the program.
The proposed pilot would train two individuals in a one‑year clinical fellowship; candidates must have an MD or DO degree and have completed a neurology or psychiatry residency, but they do not need to be board‑certified to start.
The fellowship is designed so that graduates can later sit for board certification in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry, and the program must be accredited.

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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July 22, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

July 22, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued July 22, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 9863

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 22, 2026

Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Luttrell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To direct the Director of the Defense Health Agency to submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to provide training opportunities with respect to treating members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injuries.

Report on feasibility of pilot program on behavioral neurology fellowships

(a)

Report

Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) a report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to provide training opportunities with respect to treating members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injuries, particularly regarding the intersection of behavior and traumatic brain injury.

(b)

Matters included

The report on the potential pilot program under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1)

The feasibility of the pilot program meeting the requirements described in subsection (c).

(2)

An evaluation of potential locations at which to carry out the pilot program.

(c)

Requirements described

The requirements described in this subsection are the following:

(1)

The pilot program would include two individuals selected for a 1-year clinical fellowship program under the pilot program.

(2)

An individual may hold a fellowship under the pilot program if the individual—

(A)

holds a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from any medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education; and

(B)

before participating in the fellowship program, has completed a residency program in neurology or psychiatry at an institution accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

(3)

An individual would not be required to be board certified to hold a fellowship under the pilot program.

(4)

The pilot program would be carried out in a manner that seeks to allow an individual, upon completion of the fellowship program, to sit for board certification in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry offered by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.

(5)

The fellowship program would be accredited.