,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eefi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bf1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,crow 7for himself and ,mr4   
,luttrell7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to submit to ,congress a report
 on traumatic brain injuries among      
certain pilots serving on active duty4  
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,preventing and            
,identifying ,lasting ,operational ,,tbi
 ,act or the ,,pilot ,act4  #b4 ,report 
on traumatic brain injuries among       
certain pilots serving on active duty   
7a7 ,report ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
submit to the congressional defense     
committees a report that contains a     
study determining whether1 and to what  
extent1 members of the ,armed ,forces   
serving on active duty as pilots suffer 

from traumatic brain injury resulting   
from the cumulative effects of          
high-speed maneuvers1 catapult launches1
 and other repetitive actions           
potentially harmful to brain health as a
 result of such service4  7b7 ,matters  
included ,the report under subsection   
7a7 shall include the following3  7#a7  
,the results of the study under         
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,a summary of     
existing policies and procedures of the 
,department of ,defense1 as of the date 
of the report1 for identifying1         
documenting1 and treating mild1         
moderate1 and severe traumatic brain    
injury among pilots4  7#c7 ,a strategy  
to better identify1 document1 and treat 
mild1 moderate1 and severe traumatic    
brain injury among pilots4  7#d7        
,recommendations of the ,secretary with 
respect to potential regulatory and     
legislative actions to address          
challenges in identifying1 documenting1 
and treating mild1 moderate1 and severe 
traumatic brain injury among pilots4