Authorize $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 for Department of Veterans Affairs programs supporting mild traumatic brain injury neurorehabilitation research and treatment grants.

Jack Bergman · Michigan · Republican

spending impact 0.62 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Authorize appropriations of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to carry out the VA mTBI grant program.. Promised outcome: Provide federal funding authority for VA grants supporting veteran mild TBI treatment research and related activities.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Federal legislation introduced by Jack Bergman in the 119th Congress, H.R. 6993, the BEACON Act of 2026.

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There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to carry out this section.

The bill would authorize $10 million annually from fiscal years 2026 through 2028 for the VA grant program established in the section.

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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Evidence

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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): Within the lookback window, H.R. 6993 advanced out of committee and onto the House calendar, but the reported-bill status does not show enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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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 the following bill

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official reported text identifies Rep. Jack Bergman as the sponsor of the bill carrying the commitment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028 to carry out this section.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The reported bill text contains the requested FY2026-FY2028 $10 million annual authorization for one of the VA mTBI neurorehabilitation grant programs.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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establish and carry out a research grant program to award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to be used to carry out studies and applied programs on approaches and methodologies for the treatment of mTBI in veterans.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The reported bill would create a VA research grant program for mTBI studies and treatment approaches, matching the substance of the commitment but not yet enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993 (RH) - BEACON Act of 2026
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The bill would authorize the appropriation of $20 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, $10 million per year for each program.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): CBO confirms the bill’s grant-program authorization structure: two VA grant programs, each at $10 million per year for FY2026-FY2028. CBO treated enactment as an assumption, not an accomplished fact.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 6993, Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026 | Congressional Budget Office
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This bill has the status Introduced

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The accessible Congress.gov actions page did not show passage or enactment. Because the freshest official GPO record shows only reported-in-House status, the commitment remains unresolved rather than delivered as of 2026-10-14.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congress.gov Actions: H.R. 6993, BEACON Act of 2026
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-14 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified bill text contains the promised $10,000,000 annual authorization for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, and the verified passage identifies Rep. Jack Bergman as introducing the bill. However, the freshest verified status only shows the bill reported with an amendment and committed to the Committee of the Whole, not enacted into law. Because this is an enactment/authorization outcome rather than merely a promise to introduce legislation, introduction and committee reporting are material effort but not delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%