,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ag1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,murphy of ,north ,carolina   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,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 disorder4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,veterans ,national ,traumatic     
,brain ,injury ,treatment ,act4  #b4    
,pilot program to furnish hyperbaric    
oxygen therapy to a veteran with        
traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic
 stress disorder  7a7 ,establishment    
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
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 described in section           

#agjc7;c77#e7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7b7 ,locations ,the     
,secretary shall select three ,veterans 
,integrated ,service ,networks in which 
to operate the pilot program4  7c7      
,funding  7#a7 ,there is in the general 
fund of the ,treasury a fund to be known
 as the ,,va ,,hbot ,fund 7in this ,act 
referred to as the ,fund74  7#b7 ,the   
sole source of monies for the ,fund     
shall be donations received by the      
,secretary for express purposes of the  
,fund4  7#c7 ,amounts in the ,fund shall
 be available to the ,secretary without 
fiscal year limitation to pay for ,,hbot
 under subsection 7a74  7#d7 ,the ,fund 
shall terminate on the termination date 
under subsection 7d74  7d7 ,termination 
,the pilot program shall terminate on   
the day that is five years after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act4  7e7
 ,,hbot defined ,in this ,act1 the term 
,,hbot means hyperbaric oxygen therapy  
with a medical device-- 7#a7 approved by
 the ,food and ,drug ,administration2 or

  7#b7 issued an investigational device 
exemption by the ,food and ,drug        
,administration4