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Traumatic Brain Injury Amendments of 1997

Introduced: April 8, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Apr 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Apr 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Apr 8, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Traumatic Brain Injury Amendments of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institutes of Health's trauma research program to make grants or contracts for research regarding cognitive disorders arising from traumatic brain injury.

What's happening now April 14, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 13, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 15, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1245: Traumatic Brain Injury Amendments of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1245/
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"H.R. 1245: Traumatic Brain Injury Amendments of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1245/.
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H.R. 1245, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1245/.
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