[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4190]
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  SA 830. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed to 
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. 729. STUDY ON USE OF ROUTINE NEUROIMAGING MODALITIES IN 
                   DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF BRAIN 
                   INJURY DUE TO BLAST PRESSURE EXPOSURE DURING 
                   COMBAT AND TRAINING.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     study on the feasibility and effectiveness of the use of 
     routine neuroimaging modalities in the diagnosis, treatment, 
     and prevention of brain injury among members of the Armed 
     Forces due to one or more blast pressure exposures during 
     combat and training.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) Interim report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives an interim report on the methods and 
     action plan for the study under subsection (a).
       (2) Final report.--Not later than two years after the date 
     on which the Secretary begins the study under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the results of such study.
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