[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6254. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and 
Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DATA COLLECTION.

       (a) Collection of Data on Brain Injuries Related to 
     Domestic and Sexual Violence.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     collect data on the prevalence of brain injuries resulting 
     from domestic or sexual violence in order to assist the 
     Department in understanding, addressing, and allocating 
     resources to prevent, reduce, and treat such injuries, the 
     impacts of such injuries, and the causes of such injuries.
       (2) Collection.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, shall, through existing 
     surveys on domestic or sexual violence, collect data on the 
     prevalence and circumstances surrounding brain injuries due 
     to domestic or sexual violence. The Secretary shall allow for 
     data collection for not fewer than 2 years.
       (3) Privacy.--Data shall be collected, stored, and analyzed 
     under this section in a manner that protects individual 
     privacy and confidentiality.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to relevant 
     congressional committees, and post on the website of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services, a report that shall 
     contain--
       (1) an analysis of the data collected under subsection (a) 
     relating to the connection between domestic and sexual 
     violence and brain injuries; and
       (2) a description of the steps that the Department of 
     Health and Human Services is taking to increase awareness, 
     increase services, decrease prevalence, and otherwise respond 
     to the public health issue of brain injury that results from 
     domestic and sexual violence.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section, $2,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026.
       (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``brain injury'' 
     means an injury that impacts the function of the brain as a 
     result of trauma, choking, or strangulation due to domestic 
     or sexual violence.
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