BEACON Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6993 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6993 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out programs to award grants to eligible entities to conduct research with respect to treatments for traumatic brain injury prospective randomized control trials for neurorehabilitation treatments, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 9, 2026 Mr. Bergman (for himself, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Van Orden, and Mr. Luttrell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out programs to award grants to eligible entities to conduct research with respect to treatments for traumatic brain injury prospective randomized control trials for neurorehabilitation treatments, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026'' or the ``BEACON Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS GRANT PROGRAM FOR SUPPLEMENTAL NEUROREHABILITATION APPROACHES TO CHRONIC MILD TBI TREATMENT. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a grant program (to be known as the ``TBI Innovation Grant Program'') to award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) for the development, implementation, and evaluation of approaches and methodologies for prospective randomized control trials for neurorehabilitation treatments for the treatment of chronic mild TBI (mTBI) in veterans. (b) Eligible Entities Described.--An el