[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3122-S3123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5995. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2027 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 in title VII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___ REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF PILOT PROGRAM ON BEHAVIORAL 
                   NEUROLOGY FELLOWSHIPS.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health 
     Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program 
     that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to 
     provide training opportunities with respect to treating 
     members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain 
     injuries, particularly regarding the intersection of behavior 
     and traumatic brain injury.
       (b) Matters Included.--The report on the potential pilot 
     program under subsection (a) shall include evaluations of--
       (1) the feasibility of the pilot program meeting the 
     requirements described in subsection (c); and
       (2) potential locations at which to carry out the pilot 
     program.
       (c) Requirements Described.--The program requirements 
     described in this subsection are the following:
       (1) The pilot program shall include two individuals 
     selected for a one-year clinical fellowship program under the 
     pilot program.

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       (2) An individual shall be eligible to hold a fellowship 
     under the pilot program if the individual, before 
     participating in the fellowship program--
       (A) has received a doctorate of medicine or doctorate of 
     osteopathy from any medical school accredited by the Liaison 
     Committee on Medical Education; and
       (B) has completed a residency program in neurology or 
     psychiatry at an institution accredited by the Accreditation 
     Council for Graduate Medical Education.
       (3) An individual shall not be required to be board 
     certified to hold a fellowship under the pilot program.
       (4) The pilot program shall seek to allow an individual, 
     upon completion of the fellowship program, to sit for board 
     certification in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry 
     offered by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
       (5) The fellowship program shall be accredited.
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