12 2 STA T .4509PUBLIC LA W 110 – 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8SEC.724 . AD D IT I ON A LR ES P ONSI B ILITIES F ORT H E W O U NDED WAR - RIOR RESOURCE CENTER. Section16 16 (a) o f t h e W o u n d ed Wa r rior A ct (tit l e XVI of P u b lic L a w 11 0– 1 8 1
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U .S. C . 1071 note) i s a m ended in the first sentence b y insertin g‘ ‘recei v ing legal assistance referral information (where a p propriate) , receiving other appropriate referral information, ’ ’ after ‘‘receiving benefits information,’’. SEC. 72 5 . SENSE OF CON G RESS ON RESEARCH ON TRAU M ATIC BRAIN IN J UR Y . It is the sense of Congress that the re q uirement under section 1621(c)(7) of the N ational D efense Authori z ation Act for F iscal Y ear 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 4 53
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note) to conduct basic science and translational research on trau - matic brain in j ury includes pilot programs designed to test the efficacy of clinical approaches, including the use of pharmacological agents. Congress urges continued studies of the efficacy of pharma- cological agents for treatment of traumatic brain injury and sup- ports continued joint research with the National Institutes of H ealth in this area. SEC. 72 6 . E X TENSION OF SENIOR O V ERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO WOUNDED WARRIOR MATTERS. (a) I NGE NE RAL . —T he Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly ta k e such actions as are appro- priate, including the allocation of appropriate personnel, funding, and other resources, to continue the operations of the Senior O ver- sight Committee until December 31, 200 9 . (b) R E PO R T ONF U RT H ER EX TEN SI ONO F CO M MITTEE.—Not later than August 31, 2009, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report setting forth the joint recommendation of the Secretaries as to the advis- ability of continuing the operations of the Senior Oversight Com- mittee after December 31, 2009. If the Secretaries recommend that continuing the operations of the Senior Oversight Committee after December 31, 2009, is advisable, the report may include such rec- ommendations for the modification of the responsibilities, composi- tion, or support of the Senior Oversight Committee as the Secre- taries jointly consider appropriate. (c) SENIOR O V ERSI G HT COMMITTEE DEFINE D .—In this section, the term ‘‘Senior Oversight Committee’’ means the Senior Oversight Committee jointly established by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in M ay 2007. The Senior Oversight Committee was established to address concerns related to the treat- ment of wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces and veterans and serves as the single point of contact for oversight, strategy, and integration of proposed strategies for the efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve support throughout the recovery, rehabilitation, and reintegration of wounded, ill, or injured members of the Armed Forces. Terminat i o n d ate .
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