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Union Calendar No. 296 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1336 
[Report No. 119–344] 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program 
to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic 
brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mrs. KIGGANS of 
Virginia, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. ROSS, 
Mr. VAN ORDEN, and Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. KING-HINDS, Mr. 
MCDOWELL, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Ms. FEDORCHAK, Ms. LEE of Nevada, 
and Mr. OWENS 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 13, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to 
a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post- 
traumatic stress disorder. 
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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 ‘‘Veterans National Trau-
matic Brain Injury Treatment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO FURNISH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN 
THERAPY TO A VETERAN WITH TRAUMATIC 
BRAIN INJURY OR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS 
DISORDER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall implement a pilot program to furnish HBOT 
to a veteran who has a traumatic brain injury or post- 
traumatic stress disorder through a health care provider de-
scribed in section 1703(c)(5) of title 38, United States Code. 
(b) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall select two Vet-
erans Integrated Service Networks in which to operate the 
pilot program. 
(c) ACCREDITATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that any medical facility at which a veteran who 
has a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress dis-
order receives HBOT pursuant to the pilot program is ac-
credited by— 
(1) the Joint Commission on Accreditation of 
Hospital Organizations; 
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(2) the Undersea and Hyberbaric Medical Soci-
ety; or 
(3) another appropriate organization that has 
expertise and objectivity comparable to that of the 
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Orga-
nizations or the Undersea and Hyberbaric Medical 
Society. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) There is in the general fund of the Treasury 
a fund to be known as the ‘‘VA HBOT Fund’’ (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(2) The sole source of monies for the Fund shall 
be donations received by the Secretary for express 
purposes of the Fund. 
(3) Amounts in the Fund shall be available to 
the Secretary without fiscal year limitation to pay for 
HBOT under subsection (a). 
(4) The Fund shall terminate on the termination 
date under subsection (e). 
(e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate 
on the day that is three years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(f) HBOT DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘HBOT’’ 
means hyperbaric oxygen therapy with a medical device— 
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(1) approved by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion; or 
(2) issued an investigational device exemption by 
the Food and Drug Administration. 
SEC. 3. GAO REPORT ON THE USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN 
THERAPY TO TREAT TRAUMATIC BRAIN IN-
JURY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DIS-
ORDER. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives an update to the re-
port titled ‘‘Research on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to 
Treat Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress 
Disorder’’ (GAO-16-154). Such report shall include the as-
sessment of the Comptroller General of clinical trials con-
ducted, since the publication of such report— 
(1) regarding the use of hyperbaric oxygen ther-
apy to treat traumatic brain injury and post-trau-
matic stress disorder; and 
(2) by— 
(A) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 
(B) the Secretary of Defense; and 
(C) private entities. 
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SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF 
PENSION. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2031’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 30, 2034’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 296 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1336 
[Report No. 119–344] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to es-
tablish a pilot program to furnish hyperbaric oxy-
gen therapy to a veteran who has a traumatic 
brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder. 
OCTOBER 17, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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