I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2201 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to establish the Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic 
Brain Injury. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2007 
Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Committee 
on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury. 
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 ‘‘Caring for Veterans 
with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON CARE OF VETERANS WITH TRAU-
MATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—Subchapter 
II of chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
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ed by inserting after section 7321 the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 7321A. Committee on Care of Veterans with Trau-
matic Brain Injury 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish in the Veterans Health Administration a committee 
to be known as the ‘Committee on Care of Veterans with 
Traumatic Brain Injury’. The Under Secretary for Health 
shall appoint employees of the Department with expertise 
in the care of veterans with traumatic brain injury to serve 
on the committee. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEE.—The com-
mittee shall assess, and carry out a continuing assessment 
of, the capability of the Veterans Health Administration 
to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs 
of veterans with traumatic brain injury. In carrying out 
that responsibility, the committee shall— 
‘‘(1) evaluate the care provided to such veterans 
through the Veterans Health Administration; 
‘‘(2) identify systemwide problems in caring for 
such veterans in facilities of the Veterans Health 
Administration; 
‘‘(3) identify specific facilities within the Vet-
erans Health Administration at which program en-
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richment is needed to improve treatment and reha-
bilitation of such veterans; and 
‘‘(4) identify model programs which the com-
mittee considers to have been successful in the treat-
ment and rehabilitation of such veterans and which 
should be implemented more widely in or through fa-
cilities of the Veterans Health Administration. 
‘‘(c) ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The com-
mittee shall— 
‘‘(1) advise the Under Secretary regarding the 
development of policies for the care and rehabilita-
tion of veterans with traumatic brain injury; and 
‘‘(2) make recommendations to the Under Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(A) for improving programs of care of 
such veterans at specific facilities and through-
out the Veterans Health Administration; 
‘‘(B) for establishing special programs of 
education and training relevant to the care of 
such veterans for employees of the Veterans 
Health Administration; 
‘‘(C) regarding research needs and prior-
ities relevant to the care of such veterans; and 
‘‘(D) regarding the appropriate allocation 
of resources for all such activities. 
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‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than June 1 of 
2008, and each subsequent year, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a report on the implementa-
tion of this section. Each such report shall include the fol-
lowing for the calendar year preceding the year in which 
the report is submitted: 
‘‘(1) A list of the members of the committee. 
‘‘(2) The assessment of the Under Secretary for 
Health, after review of the initial findings of the 
committee, regarding the capability of the Veterans 
Health Administration, on a systemwide and facility- 
by-facility basis, to meet effectively the treatment 
and rehabilitation needs of veterans with traumatic 
brain injury. 
‘‘(3) The plans of the committee for further as-
sessments. 
‘‘(4) The findings and recommendations made 
by the committee to the Under Secretary for Health 
and the views of the Under Secretary on such find-
ings and recommendations. 
‘‘(5) A description of the steps taken, plans 
made (and a timetable for the execution of such 
plans), and resources to be applied toward improving 
the capability of the Veterans Health Administration 
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to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation 
needs of veterans with traumatic brain injury.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 7321 the following new 
item: 
‘‘7321A. Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury.’’. 
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