- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 23, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 5995. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the
following:
SEC. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF PILOT PROGRAM ON BEHAVIORAL
NEUROLOGY FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) Report.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health
Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program
that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to
provide training opportunities with respect to treating
members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain
injuries, particularly regarding the intersection of behavior
and traumatic brain injury.
(b) Matters Included.—The report on the potential pilot
program under subsection (a) shall include evaluations of—
(1) the feasibility of the pilot program meeting the
requirements described in subsection (c); and
(2) potential locations at which to carry out the pilot
program.
(c) Requirements Described.—The program requirements
described in this subsection are the following:
(1) The pilot program shall include two individuals
selected for a one-year clinical fellowship program under the
pilot program.
(2) An individual shall be eligible to hold a fellowship
under the pilot program if the individual, before
participating in the fellowship program—
(A) has received a doctorate of medicine or doctorate of
osteopathy from any medical school accredited by the Liaison
Committee on Medical Education; and
(B) has completed a residency program in neurology or
psychiatry at an institution accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education.
(3) An individual shall not be required to be board
certified to hold a fellowship under the pilot program.
(4) The pilot program shall seek to allow an individual,
upon completion of the fellowship program, to sit for board
certification in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry
offered by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
(5) The fellowship program shall be accredited.