---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7321A"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7321A"
heading: "Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7321A"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 73 — Veterans Health Administration—organization and Functions"
  - "Subchapter II — General Authority and Administration"
---

# §7321A. Committee on Care of Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury

- (a) **Establishment.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall establish in the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration a committee to be known as the “Committee on Care of [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) with Traumatic Brain Injury”. The Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) for Health shall appoint employees of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) with expertise in the care of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) with traumatic brain injury to serve on the committee.
- (b) **Responsibilities of Committee.—** The committee shall assess, and carry out a continuing assessment of, the capability of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) with traumatic brain injury. In carrying out that responsibility, the committee shall—
  - (1) evaluate the care provided to such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) through the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration;
  - (2) identify systemwide problems in caring for such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) in facilities of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration;
  - (3) identify specific facilities within the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration at which program enrichment is needed to improve treatment and rehabilitation of such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2); and
  - (4) identify model programs which the committee considers to have been successful in the treatment and rehabilitation of such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) and which should be implemented more widely in or through facilities of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration.
- (c) **Advice and Recommendations.—** The committee shall—
  - (1) advise the Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) regarding the development of policies for the care and rehabilitation of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) with traumatic brain injury; and
  - (2) make recommendations to the Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1)—
    - (A) for improving programs of care of such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) at specific facilities and throughout the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration;
    - (B) for establishing special programs of education and training relevant to the care of such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) for employees of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration;
    - (C) regarding research needs and priorities relevant to the care of such [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2); and
    - (D) regarding the appropriate allocation of resources for all such activities.
- (d) **Annual Report.—** Not later than June 1, 2010, and each year thereafter, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall submit to the Committee on [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2)’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2)’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section. Each such report shall include the following for the calendar year preceding the year in which the report is submitted:
  - (1) A list of the members of the committee.
  - (2) The assessment of the Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) for Health, after review of the findings of the committee, regarding the capability of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration, on a systemwide and facility-by-facility basis, to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) with traumatic brain injury.
  - (3) The plans of the committee for further assessments.
  - (4) The findings and recommendations made by the committee to the Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) for Health and the views of the Under [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) on such findings and recommendations.
  - (5) A description of the steps taken, plans made (and a timetable for the execution of such plans), and resources to be applied toward improving the capability of the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration to meet effectively the treatment and rehabilitation needs of [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) with traumatic brain injury.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–163, title V, § 515(a), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1165.)