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119-hr-10541119th Congress

COMBAT Care Act

Sponsored By: Representative Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create international partnerships to share lessons and build capacity aimed at improving military trauma care. It would authorize the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish joint education and training programs, exchanges, conferences, and research with foreign military medical services to share combat casualty care lessons and clinical best practices.

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  • U.S. military medical personnel would participate in joint conferences, symposia, and professional exchanges and coordinate trauma care doctrine, data collection, and performance improvement through the Joint Trauma System of the Defense Health Agency.
  • Foreign military medical services would receive training on battlefield trauma care, combat wound infection, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide prevention tied to trauma care, and care for non-combat injuries and diseases, plus capacity-building to modernize trauma systems.
  • The programs would support joint research on the health effects of new and emerging weapons and share structured knowledge on health policy, administration, medical logistics, and medical supplies and equipment.

*The bill would allow the Secretary of Defense to use existing statutory authorities, including chapter 16 of title 10, to carry out these programs.*

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New trauma training for military medics

This bill would let the Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of State, create joint programs on military trauma care. Those programs would work with one or more foreign militaries. They would share lessons from combat casualty care, run conferences and professional exchanges, and sponsor joint research. The programs would be allowed to include training on battlefield trauma care, combat wound infection, PTSD and suicide prevention related to trauma care, and on non-combat injuries and diseases. Doctrine, data collection, performance improvement, and clinical best practices would be coordinated through the Joint Trauma System of the Defense Health Agency. The Secretary would be allowed to use chapter 16 of title 10 and other statutory authorities to carry out the programs.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]

CO • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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