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Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1993

Introduced: April 1, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 29 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 29, 1994
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 8, 1994
Senate agreed to the House amendment with an amendment (SP 2654) by Voice Vote. (consideration: 10/7/1994 CR S14795-14798)
Oct 8, 1994
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment with an amendment (SP 2654) by Voice Vote.(consideration: 10/7/1994 CR S14795-14798)
Oct 8, 1994
Measure laid before Senate.
Sep 23, 1994
Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Sep 22, 1994
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 21, 1994
Ordered returned to the House pursuant to H. Res. 534. (consideration: CR S13087)
Aug 9, 1994
Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Aug 8, 1994
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Aug 8, 1994
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7127-7130)
Aug 8, 1994
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Aug 8, 1994
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Aug 8, 1994
Mr. Waxman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Aug 8, 1994
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
May 10, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 26, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 25, 1994
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 25, 1994
Held at the desk.
Apr 25, 1994
Received in the House.
Apr 21, 1994
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Apr 21, 1994
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Apr 21, 1994
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Voice Vote.
Apr 21, 1994
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4752-4757)
Mar 25, 1994
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 397.
Mar 25, 1994
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 103-243.
Nov 3, 1993
Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 1, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Apr 1, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4291)
Apr 1, 1993
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

2 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,654 — To provide for a substitute amendment. Agreed to Oct 8, 1994
SAMDT 1,657 — In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Apr 21, 1994
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, to conduct a study concerning traumatic brain injury. Requires the study to seek to: (1) identify common therapeutic interventions which are used for the rehabilitation of individuals with traumatic brain injuries; and (2) develop practice guidelines for the rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to conduct studies concerning traumatic brain injury and establish a uniform reporting system. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs the Secretary to cooperate with, and provide assistance to, public and private nonprofit entities to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury through the establishment and effectuation of prevention projects. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to State and local entities, and to public or nonprofit private entities, to support: (1) special prevention and public awareness initiative projects; (2) model traumatic brain injury prevention, research, and support programs; (3) projects that study the service needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury; and (4) projects involving grants for services coordination. Authorizes appropriations.

Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to provide assistance to public and private nonprofit entities to support the conduct of basic and applied research concerning traumatic brain injury, especially with respect to the biomechanics of brain injury. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs the Secretary to award grants to States for the establishment of programs related to traumatic brain injury. Authorizes appropriations.

Designates October 1993 as National Head Injury Month.

What's happening now November 29, 1994

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 534 Related bill To correct the engrossment of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the Senate bill (S. 725).
 Bill text 6 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jun 22, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 725: Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1993. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-S-725/
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"S. 725: Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 1993." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-S-725/.
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