HR 1336
· 119th Congress
· Armed Forces and National Security
Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 296.
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Oct 17, 2025
committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-344.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Oct 17, 2025
other
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 296.
May 06, 2025
committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Mar 25, 2025
committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Health Subcommittee
Mar 25, 2025
committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Health Subcommittee
Mar 11, 2025
committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee
Feb 13, 2025
introduced
Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2025
introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Affairs Committee
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Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2025
Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a five-year pilot program to furnish, under the Veterans Community Care Program, hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder.
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--- Introduced (House)
+++ Reported (House)
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[H.R. 1336 Introduced in House (IH)]
+[H.R. 1336 Reported in House (RH)]
<DOC>
+Union Calendar No. 296
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1336
+
+[Report No. 119-344]
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot
program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a
@@ -21,6 +24,21 @@
Virginia, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Wittman, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Ross, Mr.
Van Orden, and Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
+
+October 17, 2025
+
+Additional sponsors: Mr. Harder of California, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr.
+McDowell, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Fedorchak, Ms. Lee of Nevada, and Mr.
+Owens
+
+October 17, 2025
+
+Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
+House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
+[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
+in italic]
+[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
+February 13, 2025]
_______________________________________________________________________
@@ -47,9 +65,20 @@
traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder through a
health care provider described in section 1703(c)(5) of title 38,
United States Code.
-(b) Locations.--The Secretary shall select three Veterans
-Integrated Service Networks in which to operate the pilot program.
-(c) Funding.--
+(b) Locations.--The Secretary shall select two Veterans Integrated
+Service Networks in which to operate the pilot program.
+(c) Accreditation Required.--The Secretary shall ensure that any
+medical facility at which a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or
+post-traumatic stress disorder receives HBOT pursuant to the pilot
+program is accredited by--
+(1) the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital
+Organizations;
+(2) the Undersea and Hyberbaric Medical Society; or
+(3) another appropriate organization that has expertise and
+objectivity comparable to that of the Joint Commission on
+Accreditation of Hospital Organizations or the Undersea and
+Hyberbaric Medical Society.
+(d) Funding.--
(1) There is in the general fund of the Treasury a fund to
be known as the ``VA HBOT Fund'' (in this Act referred to as
the ``Fund'').
@@ -60,12 +89,59 @@
without fiscal year limitation to pay for HBOT under subsection
(a).
(4) The Fund shall terminate on the termination date under
-subsection (d).
-(d) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on the day that
-is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
-(e) HBOT Defined.--In this Act, the term ``HBOT'' means hyperbaric
+subsection (e).
+(e) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on the day that
+is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
+(f) HBOT Defined.--In this Act, the term ``HBOT'' means hyperbaric
oxygen therapy with a medical device--
(1) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; or
(2) issued an investigational device exemption by the Food
and Drug Administration.
-<all>
+
+SEC. 3. GAO REPORT ON THE USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY TO TREAT
+TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
+DISORDER.
+
+Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
+Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
+Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
+Representatives an update to the report titled ``Research on Hyperbaric
+Oxygen Therapy to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic
+Stress Disorder'' (GAO-16-154). Such report shall include the
+assessment of the Comptroller General of clinical trials conducted,
+since the publication of such report--
+(1) regarding the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat
+traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder; and
+(2) by--
+(A) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
+(B) the Secretary of Defense; and
+(C) private entities.
+
+SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF PENSION.
+
+Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
+striking ``November 30, 2031'' and inserting ``October 30, 2034''.
+Union Calendar No. 296
+
+119th CONGRESS
+
+1st Session
+
+H. R. 1336
+
+[Report No. 119-344]
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+A BILL
+
+To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot
+program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a
+traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder.
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+October 17, 2025
+
+Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
+House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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