Support creating a three-year Department of Veterans Affairs TBI Innovation Grant Program to fund eligible entities developing, implementing, and evaluating prospective randomized controlled trials of neurorehabilitation treatments for chronic mild traumatic brain injury in veterans.

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a three-year program (to be known as the ``TBI Innovation Grant Program'') under which the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) for the development, implementation, and evaluation of approaches and methodologies for prospective randomized control trials for neurorehabilitation treatments for the treatment of chronic mild traumatic brain injury (in this Act referred to as ``mTBI'') in veterans.

Bergman's bill would direct VA to run a three-year grant program supporting clinical trial development and evaluation for veteran chronic mild TBI neurorehabilitation treatments.

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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Reported amended Oct. 1, 2026; Rept. 119-838. Union Calendar................................................Union 735

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Latest House calendar status in the lookback window shows H.R. 6993 was reported amended and placed on the Union Calendar, not enacted.

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House Calendars for October 13, 2026 - 119th Congress, 2nd Session-HISTORY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS - HOUSE BILLS
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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The reported-in-House bill text confirms a concrete committee reporting step during the lookback window, but it remains a bill rather than law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a three-year program (to be known as the “TBI Innovation Grant Program”)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The reported bill contains the promised three-year VA TBI Innovation Grant Program language.

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H. R. 6993 (Reported-in-House)
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Mr. Bergman (for himself, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. King-Hinds, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Van Orden, and Mr. Luttrell) introduced

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo identifies Bergman as the sponsor who introduced H.R. 6993, showing direct support for the proposal.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993 (RH) - Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr6993rh | Related Documents | GovInfo
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H.R.6993, as amended, was order favorably forwarded to the Full Committee by recorded vote (7 ayes - 5 nays)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Health Subcommittee advanced H.R. 6993, documenting earlier legislative effort short of enactment.

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H.R. 2283, the “Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery Act”; H.R. 6993, the “BEACON Act of 2026”; H.R.6652, the “U.S. Vets of the FAS Act”; H.R.6444, the “Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act”; H.R.5999, “To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription or copayment”; H.R.6848, the “Whole Health for Veterans Act”; H.R.6001, the “Veterans with ALS Reporting Act” | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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H.R. 7683, H.R. 6993, H.R. 6444, H.R. 7950, H.R. 6698, H.R. 2283, H.R. 3159, H.R. 5436, H.R. 5634, H.R. 7083, H.R. 5723, H.R. 7103, H.R. 8052, H.R. 6652, H.R. 5999, and H.R. 7260 were ordered reported, as amended.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record Daily Digest confirms the full committee ordered H.R. 6993 reported, another concrete effort step before the October report.

unresolved same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-05-14-pt1-PgD513-2.pdf
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