# 119-s-800: Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025

119-s-800, Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-800
- Congress: 119
- Title: Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would expand VA brain health research to include repetitive low-level blast exposure and dementia.** It would also require the VA to create a VA–DoD data-sharing partnership and launch a package of big-data, implementation, translational, and quality-improvement studies focused on veterans with likely blast-related brain injury. - Veterans and families: Directs the VA to study diagnosis and care for veterans with likely low-level repetitive blast injuries, including at least two large-scale implementation studies, four quality-improvement studies, and a translational study on growth hormone therapy. - Military data and systems: Requires the VA to work with the Department of Defense to store Department-wide Armed Forces, Special Operations, and chronic neurotrauma consortium data on an open platform for the initiative. - Researchers and oversight: Calls for a National Academies contract to validate brain and mental health biomarkers and for reports to Veterans’ Affairs committees at least every two years, plus an assessment of ongoing translational work. *Would authorize $5.0 million per year for FY2025–2034, increasing federal spending authority by about $50.0 million over that period.*

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More VA brain research for veterans: benefit, medium. This bill would expand the VA precision medicine initiative to include repetitive low-level blast exposure and dementia. It would require VA to study likely low-level repetitive blast injuries. VA would run a big-data assessment and at least two large implementation studies of proven interventions.…
- Annual $5 million for VA research: benefit, low. This bill would authorize $5 million to be appropriated to VA each year. The funding would cover fiscal years 2025 through 2034 and support the precision medicine initiative's work.

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1591: ARCA Act of 2025
- 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-800 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/800)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-1591: ARCA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1591)
- [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-800 (as of 2026-04-21).