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PILOT Act

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on traumatic brain injuries among certain pilots serving on active duty.

Introduced Sep 26, 2025

Latest action (Sep 26, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress within 180 days studying whether and to what extent active-duty pilots suffer from traumatic brain injury from high-speed maneuvers, catapult launches, and other repetitive operational actions.
  • Requires the report to include a summary of existing Department of Defense policies and procedures for identifying, documenting, and treating traumatic brain injury among pilots.
  • Requires the report to include a strategy for improving identification, documentation, and treatment of traumatic brain injury among pilots.
  • Requires the report to include recommendations for regulatory and legislative actions to address challenges in identifying, documenting, and treating traumatic brain injury among pilots.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Jason Crow’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • HOLLAND & HART LLP $18,300
  • PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $17,225
  • UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE $16,500
  • DISH NETWORK $14,200
  • PALANTIR $7,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jason Crow → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  2. Sep 26, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

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  • HR 4805 — WINGS Act · Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 2830 — Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • HR 6823 — 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. · Introduced Dec 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 1409 — Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 5013 — Veteran Acquired Brain Injury Caregiving Act · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%
  • S 2737 — Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act · Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 26, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 26, 2025

Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Luttrell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on traumatic brain injuries among certain pilots serving on active duty.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Preventing and Identifying Lasting Operational TBI Act” or the “PILOT Act”.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AMONG CERTAIN PILOTS SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY.

(a) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains a study determining whether, and to what extent, members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty as pilots suffer from traumatic brain injury resulting from the cumulative effects of high-speed maneuvers, catapult launches, and other repetitive actions potentially harmful to brain health as a result of such service.

(b) Matters Included.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) The results of the study under subsection (a).

(2) A summary of existing policies and procedures of the Department of Defense, as of the date of the report, for identifying, documenting, and treating mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury among pilots.

(3) A strategy to better identify, document, and treat mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury among pilots.

(4) Recommendations of the Secretary with respect to potential regulatory and legislative actions to address challenges in identifying, documenting, and treating mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury among pilots. <all>

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