To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to facilitate the development of certain traumatic brain injury diagnostics for members of the Armed Forces.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6823 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6823 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to facilitate the development of certain traumatic brain injury diagnostics for members of the Armed Forces. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 17, 2025 Mrs. Trahan (for herself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Keating, and Ms. McBride) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to facilitate the development of certain traumatic brain injury diagnostics for members of the Armed Forces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY DIAGNOSTICS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) Pilot Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall establish a pilot program to-- (1) assess the feasibility of providing support to eligible entities engaged in the research, development, test, evaluation, or production of covered diagnostic technologies that may be procured by the Secretary and used in the diagnosis of traumatic brain injuries among members of the Armed Forces in connection with operational deployments, including in combat zones; (2) assess covered diagnostic technologies to determine-- (A) whether such technologies are capable of distinguishing mild traumatic brain injury from moderate or severe traumatic brain injury; (B) how such technologies may be used with other diagnostics or diagnostic aids for traumatic brain injury (inclu