S4777Referred to Committee

A bill to establish the Blast Overpressure Task Force of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2026-06-11
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Jim Banks
Jim Banks
Republican · IN · Senator
Votes with party: 74.8% (819 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2026-06-11

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Plain-English Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs would create a task force to study and address blast overpressure injuries—the invisible wounds caused by explosions that affect many veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. The task force would research these injuries, improve how they're diagnosed and treated, and develop better support programs for affected veterans. This effort aims to better understand a serious health problem that has impacted thousands of service members but remains less visible than other combat injuries.

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