House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program to facilitate the development of certain traumatic brain injury diagnostics for members of the Armed Forces.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6823.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6025):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6823, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6823
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), William Keating (D-MA), Sarah McBride (D-DE), August Pfluger (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lori Trahan.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.