I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6615 
To reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2018 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traumatic Brain In-
jury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INJURIES. 
Part J of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 393C (42 U.S.C. 280b–1d) by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) NATIONAL CONCUSSION SURVEILLANCE SYS-
TEM.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may imple-
ment a national concussion surveillance system to deter-
mine the prevalence and incidence of concussion.’’; and 
(2) in section 394A (42 U.S.C. 280b–3)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘393B and 393C’’ and 
inserting ‘‘393B, 393C(a), and 393C(b)’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$6,564,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$6,750,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2024’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL CONCUSSION SURVEILLANCE SYS-
TEM.—To carry out section 393C(c), there are authorized 
to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year there-
after.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATE GRANTS FOR PROJECTS REGARDING TRAU-
MATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
Section 1252 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300d–52) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, acting 
through the Administrator for the Administration 
for Community Living,’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (e); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 
as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; and 
(4) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘$5,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,321,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024’’. 
SEC. 4. STATE GRANTS FOR PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY 
SERVICES. 
Section 1253 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300d–53) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, acting 
through the Administrator for the Administration 
for Community Living,’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘$3,100,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2024’’. 
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