,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bif #aaith  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #accf
 ,report ,no4 #aai-cdd ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,february #ac1 #bjbe,mr4 ,murphy 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north          
,carolina1 ,mrs4 ,kiggans of ,virginia1 
,ms4 ,strickland1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 ,ms4   
,malliotakis1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mr4 ,van     
,orden1 and ,mrs4 ,biggs of ,south      
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs       
,october #ag1 #bjbe;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,harder of ,california1  
,ms4 ,king-,hinds1 ,mr4 ,mc,dowell1 ,mr4
 ,moolenaar1 ,ms4 ,fedorchak1 ,ms4 ,lee 
of ,nevada1 and ,mr4 ,owens  ,october   
#ag1 #bjbe,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    

bill as introduced on ,february #ac1    
#bjbe  ,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 two ,veterans   
,integrated ,service ,networks in which 
to operate the pilot program4  7c7      

,accreditation required ,the ,secretary 
shall ensure that any medical facility  
at which a veteran who has a traumatic  
brain injury or post-traumatic stress   
disorder receives ,,hbot pursuant to the
 pilot program is accredited by-- 7#a7  
the ,joint ,commission on ,accreditation
 of ,hospital ,organizations2  7#b7 the 
,undersea and ,hyberbaric ,medical      
,society2 or  7#c7 another appropriate  
organization that has expertise and     
objectivity comparable to that of the   
,joint ,commission on ,accreditation of 
,hospital ,organizations or the         
,undersea and ,hyberbaric ,medical      
,society4  7d7 ,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 7e74  7e7 ,termination ,the  
pilot program shall terminate on the day
 that is three years after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4  7f7 ,,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  #c4 ,,gao report on   
the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to 
treat traumatic brain injury and        
post-traumatic stress disorder ,not     
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committees 
on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate   
and ,house of ,representatives an update
 to the report titled ,research on      
,hyperbaric ,oxygen ,therapy to ,treat  

,traumatic ,brain ,injury and           
,post-,traumatic ,stress ,disorder      
7,,gao-#af-aed74 ,such report shall     
include the assessment of the           
,comptroller ,general of clinical trials
 conducted1 since the publication of    
such report-- 7#a7 regarding the use of 
hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat      
traumatic brain injury and              
post-traumatic stress disorder2 and     
7#b7 by-- 7,a7 the ,secretary of        
,veterans ,affairs2  7,b7 the ,secretary
 of ,defense2 and  7,c7 private         
entities4  #d4 ,extension of certain    
limits on payments of pension ,section  
#eejc7;d77#g7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #cj1 #bjca and inserting      
,october #cj1 #bjcd4  ,october #ag1     
#bjbe,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed