[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5343-S5344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3602. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2026 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. 724. STRATEGY FOR TREATING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES 
                   THROUGH DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES.

       Section 735 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 
     10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
     (f) and (g), respectively; and

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       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(e) Digital Health Technologies.--
       ``(1) Working group.--As part of the Initiative, the 
     Secretary shall establish a working group to develop a 
     strategy for treating traumatic brain injuries through 
     digital health technologies.
       ``(2) Membership.--The working group established under 
     paragraph (1) shall be composed of members of the Armed 
     Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, and 
     individuals not employed by the Federal Government, who have 
     expertise in traumatic brain injury clinical care, biomedical 
     informatics, engineering, or implementation science.
       ``(3) Elements.--The strategy developed under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       ``(A) Identification of capability gaps in the treatment of 
     traumatic brain injuries that could be addressed through 
     artificial intelligence and digital health technologies.
       ``(B) An analysis of existing research, development, and 
     acquisition efforts leveraging artificial intelligence-based 
     capabilities and digital health technologies, including any 
     applicable commercial off-the-shelf solutions being used by 
     the Secretary to support the treatment of traumatic brain 
     injuries.
       ``(C) Recommendations with respect to advances required 
     to--
       ``(i) address gaps identified under subparagraph (A); and
       ``(ii) significantly improve the treatment of traumatic 
     brain injuries using artificial intelligence and digital 
     health technologies.
       ``(D) A recommended investment plan to advance technology 
     and knowledge readiness levels to field digital health 
     technologies to treat traumatic brain injuries.
       ``(4) Briefing.--Not later than September 30, 2026, the 
     Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense 
     committees a briefing on the strategy developed under 
     paragraph (1).''.
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