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Union Calendar No. 337 
113TH CONGRESS 
2ND SESSION H. R. 1098 
[Report No. 113–456] 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs 
relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2013 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. ROONEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
MAY 20, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. WELCH, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. BARBER, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. 
PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BROWN 
of Florida, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. JOYCE, and Mr. MICHAUD 
MAY 20, 2014 
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 March 12, 2013] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize cer-
tain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and 
to trauma research. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traumatic Brain Injury 
Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. CDC PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION AND SURVEIL-
LANCE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
(a) PREVENTION.—Section 393B(b)(3) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1c(b)(3)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘health-status goals for 2010, commonly referred 
to as Healthy People 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘health-status 
goals for 2020, commonly referred to as Healthy People 
2020’’. 
(b) SURVEILLANCE.—Subsection (b) of section 393C of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–1d) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b) Not later than’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(b) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORT.—Not later than 24 
months after the date of enactment of the Traumatic 
Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health and in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
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Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the relevant commit-
tees of Congress a report that— 
‘‘(A) identifies which recommendations in 
the report under paragraph (1) have been adopt-
ed and which recommendations in such report 
have not been adopted; and 
‘‘(B) includes a description of planned ac-
tivities to address each recommendation in such 
report that has not been adopted.’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—Section 394A of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b–3) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1994,’’; 
(2) by striking the second period at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Of the 
amounts made available to carry out this part for 
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $6,100,000 to carry out 
sections 393B and 393C.’’. 
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— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, acting 
through the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration,’’; 
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(2) in paragraphs (1)(A)(i) and (3)(E) of sub-
section (f), by striking ‘‘brain injury’’ and inserting 
‘‘traumatic brain injury’’; 
(3) in subsection (h), by striking the comma 
after ‘‘under this section’’ and inserting a comma be-
fore ‘‘including’’; and 
(4) by amending subsection (j) to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For car-
rying out this section and section 1253, there is authorized 
to be appropriated $9,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018.’’. 
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 striking ‘‘, acting 
through the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘Administrator’),’’; 
(2) in subsections (c), (d)(1), (e)(1), (e)(4), (g), 
(h), and (j)(1), by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(3) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by striking the subsection heading and 
inserting ‘‘REPORTING’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘Each protection and advo-
cacy system’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) REPORTS
BY
SYSTEMS.—Each protection 
and advocacy system’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Traumatic 
Brain Injury Reauthorization Act of 2013, the Sec-
retary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report describing the serv-
ices and activities carried out under this section dur-
ing the period for which the report is being pre-
pared.’’. 
(4) in subsection (i)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by the Administrator’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the Secretary’’; 
(5) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘subtitle C’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subtitle C of title I’’; 
(6) by striking subsection (l) (relating to author-
ization of appropriations); and 
(7) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
(l). 
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Union Calendar No. 337 
113TH CONGRESS 
2ND SESSION H. R. 1098 
[Report No. 113–456] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reau-
thorize certain programs relating to traumatic 
brain injury and to trauma research. 
MAY 20, 2014 
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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