# 119-s-4777: Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act

119-s-4777, Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4777
- Congress: 119
- Title: Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-02

## Summary

**This bill would create a time-limited VA–DoD task force to coordinate research, clinical care, and benefits evaluation for veterans and service members exposed to blast overpressure.** - Would guide how the VA provides health care and other benefits to people diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, or other symptoms from blast overpressure. It would set physiological and cognitive baselines and monitor vision, hearing, and balance. - Would align VA research agendas and acquisition strategies and prioritize translational research on sleep therapy, blast-related gut health, mobile diagnostics, vestibular dysfunction, autonomic nervous system dysregulation, cumulative mild traumatic brain injury, and neuroinflammation and glial activation. - Would report to congressional veterans and armed services committees starting within one year of establishment and annually after that, including recommendations on how VA claims processors should evaluate evidence linking these conditions to active military service and best practices for neurological exams for benefits.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Blast overpressure task force for veterans: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Department of Veterans Affairs would set up a Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force within 180 days. Members would be appointed through the VA–DoD Joint Executive Committee and must be on the VA Health Executive Committee and doing blast mitigation or treatment resea…

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- 119-s-535: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act
- 119-s-4983: Harry Reid Immigration Stabilization Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4777 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4777)

## Related
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- [119-s-4952: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4952)
- [119-s-4378: Protecting American Taxpayers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4378)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-535: Respect Parents’ Childcare Choices Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-535)
- [119-s-4983: Harry Reid Immigration Stabilization Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4983)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4777 (as of 2026-07-02).