To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a fellowship program regarding neuroscience.

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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