[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4123. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2017 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 764. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CONCUSSIONS IN SPORTS AND 
                   TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT UNITED STATES SERVICE 
                   ACADEMIES.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study 
     on the effects of concussions in sports and training 
     activities, including hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, 
     boxing, and martial arts, at the United States service 
     academies.
       (b) Contents.--In conducting the study under subsection 
     (a), the Secretary shall examine, at a minimum, the 
     following:
       (1) Current efforts by the Department of Defense to 
     investigate the link between repetitive brain trauma and 
     concussions and sports and training activities at the United 
     States service academies.
       (2) If any investigations by the Department at the United 
     States service academies have led to findings that link 
     repetitive brain trauma and concussions.
       (3) A determination as to whether policies have been put 
     into place to prevent and limit concussions at the United 
     States service academies in sports and training activities, 
     including hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, boxing, and 
     martial arts.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a report on the results of the study 
     conducted under subsection (a).
       (d) United States Service Academies Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``United States service academies'' means 
     the United States Military Academy, the United States Air 
     Force Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United 
     States Coast Guard Academy, and the United States Merchant 
     Marine Academy.
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