S. 5600Senate bill · 119th CongressIn the SenateHealth

Dennis John Benigno Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

Sponsored byAlan ArmstrongR-OKIntroduced Sep 29, 2026Full text on congress.gov ↗

Latest action (Oct 5, 2026) — Held at the desk.

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gulfcoastgailDemoNJ-8voted Nay6d ago

This looks like it codifies practice that already exists informally. Worth doing — informal practice evaporates when an administration changes. The committee report would settle it either way.

PlainsVoterDemoIL-7voted Nay7d ago

That's true of almost every bill though, isn't it? At some point the objection stops being about this one.

PlainsVoterDemoIL-7voted Nay7d ago

Voting no on process rather than substance. This hasn't had a hearing I can find, which is a lot of reach for a bill nobody has questioned in public. I'd want the cost estimate before I'd defend either position.

asha.ferreiraDemoMN-6voted Nay7d ago

The pilot-programme framing is the part I'd watch. Pilots have a way of becoming permanent at the next reauthorisation. Someone closer to this than me should say whether that's right.

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