I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5738 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the expansion and 
improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2006 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
BOUCHER, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN of South 
Carolina, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. TOM 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
GOODE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HAYES, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. 
HIGGINS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
INGLIS of South Carolina, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, 
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KUHL of New York, 
Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEKS of New York, 
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL 
of Massachusetts, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SAXTON, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WAX-
MAN, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. GRIJALVA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
the expansion and improvement of traumatic brain injury 
programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traumatic Brain In-
jury Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. PROGRAMS OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 
AND PREVENTION. 
(a) PREVENTION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.— 
Clause (ii) of section 393A(b)(3)(A) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1b) is amended by striking 
‘‘from hospitals and trauma centers’’ and inserting ‘‘from 
hospitals and emergency departments’’. 
(b) NATIONAL PROGRAM FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN IN-
JURY SURVEILLANCE AND REGISTRIES.—Part J of title 
III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the first section 393B (re-
lating to the use of allotments for rape prevention 
education) as section 392A and moving such section 
so that it follows section 392; and 
(2) by amending section 393B— 
(A) in the section heading, by inserting 
‘‘SURVEILLANCE AND’’ after ‘‘NATIONAL PRO-
GRAM FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(C) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘may make grants’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘to collect data concerning—’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘may make grants to States or 
their designees to operate the State’s traumatic 
brain injury surveillance system or registry to 
determine the incidence and prevalence of trau-
matic brain-related injury disability, to ensure 
the uniformity of reporting under such system 
or registry, to link individuals with traumatic 
brain injury to services and supports, and to 
link such individuals with academic institutions 
to conduct applied research that will support 
the development of such surveillance systems 
and registries as may be necessary. A surveil-
lance system or registry under this section shall 
provide 
for 
the 
collection 
of 
data 
concerning—’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
394A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b– 
3) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) For the purpose’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘for fiscal year 
1994;’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘through 1998,’’; 
(4) by striking the second period at the end; 
and 
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(5) by inserting ‘‘, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2010’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 3. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 
Section 1261 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300d–61) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D) of subsection (d)(4), 
by striking ‘‘head brain injury’’ and inserting ‘‘brain 
injury’’; and 
(2) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2010’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 4. STUDY ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Part J of title III of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 393B the following: 
‘‘SEC. 393C. STUDY ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, acting through the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
with respect to paragraph (1) and the Director of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health with respect to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), shall conduct a study with respect to traumatic 
brain injury for the purpose of carrying out the following: 
‘‘(1) In collaboration with appropriate State 
and local health-related agencies— 
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‘‘(A) determining the incidence and preva-
lence of traumatic brain injury in all age groups 
in the general population of the United States, 
including institutional settings, such as nursing 
homes, correctional facilities, psychiatric hos-
pitals, and residential institutes for people with 
developmental disabilities; 
‘‘(B) obtaining and maintaining data on 
the incidence and prevalence of mild traumatic 
brain injury and report to Congress; and 
‘‘(C) collecting, maintaining, and reporting 
national trends in traumatic brain injury. 
‘‘(2) Identifying common therapeutic interven-
tions which are used for the rehabilitation of individ-
uals with such injuries, and, subject to the avail-
ability of information, including an analysis of— 
‘‘(A) the effectiveness of each such inter-
vention in improving the functioning, including 
return to work or school and community par-
ticipation, of individuals with brain injuries; 
‘‘(B) the comparative effectiveness of inter-
ventions employed in the course of rehabilita-
tion of individuals with brain injuries to achieve 
the same or similar clinical outcome; and 
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