[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 2506--A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure the 
    members of the Armed Forces receive mandatory hearing screenings 
    before and after deployments and to direct the Secretary of 
    Veterans Affairs to mandate that tinnitus be listed as a mandatory 
    condition for treatment by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
    Auditory Centers of Excellence and that research on the 
    preventing, treating, and curing of tinnitus be conducted; to the 
    Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
    on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
    the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
    fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


By Mr. TEAGUE, H5792 [19MY]

  Cosponsors added, H11298 [13OC]