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S800119th CongressWALLET

Precision Brain Health Research Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

In Committee

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.

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  • 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.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More VA brain research for veterans

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. It would also require a translational study on growth hormone replacement and four large quality-improvement studies. The bill would require VA to work with the Department of Defense to create a data-sharing partnership. The DoD must provide department-wide records, Special Operations Command data, and the long-term brain injury consortium data.

Annual $5 million for VA research

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.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Moran, Jerry [R-KS]

KS • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]

    ME • I

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]

    SD • R

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 3/25/2026

Roll Call Votes

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