BEACON Act of 2026
Latest action · Oct 1, 2026 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2026 to Apr 30, 2026; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Original | Jan 9, 2026 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Jan 9, 2026 |
| R-MP | Kimberlyn King-Hinds | Original | Jan 9, 2026 |
| R-TX | Morgan Luttrell | Original | Jan 9, 2026 |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Original | Jan 9, 2026 |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Mar 16, 2026 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Mar 30, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| R-CO | Jeff Crank | Apr 6, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Apr 16, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 30, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 9, 2026Markup May 14, 2026Reported Oct 1, 2026 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 22, 2026Markup Apr 16, 2026Reported Apr 16, 2026 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-838.
- Oct 1, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 735.
- May 14, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- May 14, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 13 - 10.
- Apr 16, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 16, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5.
- Jan 22, 2026Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jan 9, 2026Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 15, 2026H.R. 6993, Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 14, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 7, January 9, 2026, pages H616, H615.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-42 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING168 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jan 13, 2026 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out programs to award grants to eligible entities to conduct research with respect to treatments for traumatic brain injury prospective randomized control trials for neurorehabilitation treatments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BEACON Act of 2026
- Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- BEACON Act of 2026
- Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act of 2026
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2026Reported in House
- Jan 9, 2026Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
