Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to establish the Visiting NIH Senior Neuroscience Fellowship Program at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (Center).
Requires the Program to provide for partnerships between the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and DARPA, and between NIH and the Center, for clinical and experimental neuroscience studies for the benefit of members of the Armed Forces.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 1536 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1536
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a fellowship program
regarding neuroscience.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 16, 2009
Mr. Sestak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a fellowship program
regarding neuroscience.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. VISITING NIH SENIOR NEUROSCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) Authority To Establish.--The Secretary of Defense may establish
a program to be known as the Visiting NIH Senior Neuroscience
Fellowship Program at--
(1) the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and
(2) the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological
Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
(b) Activities of the Program.--In establishing the Visiting NIH
Senior Neuroscience Fellowship Program under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall require the program to--
(1) provide a partnership between the National Institutes
of Health and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to
enable identification and funding of the broadest range of
innovative, highest quality clinical and experimental
neuroscience studies for the benefit of members of the Armed
Forces;
(2) provide a partnership between the National Institutes
of Health and the Defense Center of Excellence for
Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury that will
enable identification and funding of clinical and experimental
neuroscience studies for the benefit of members of the Armed
Forces;
(3) use the results of the studies described in paragraph
(1) and (2) to enhance the mission of the National Institutes
of Health for the benefit of the public; and
(4) provide a military and civilian collaborative
environment for neuroscience-based medical problem-solving in
critical areas affecting both military and civilian life,
particularly post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
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