mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5997, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5997, a bill to amend the homeland security act of 2002 to codify authority under existing grant guidance authorizing use of urban area security initiative and state homeland security grant program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge and mass prophylaxis capabilities. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from florida, mr. bilirakis, and the gentleman from mississippi, mr. thompson, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. bilirakis: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. bilirakis: thank you. mr. speaker, i yield mys

mr. bilirakis. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it very much. thank you, secretary panetta and secretary shinseki. you both mentioned in your testimony the prevalence of ptsd and tbi, and i believe we need more research in diagnostic tools and treatments. through what channels are the dod, va and the private sector sharing their research findings and collaborating on the direction of future research? >> i would just offer in 2009 the dod and va held its first mental health summit, a joint effort to bring our mental health programs to the same table and have a discussion. 28 strategic findings that came out of that. those findings we continue to execute today. while it was a broad look, inside that discussion were issues on ptsd, tbi. we spent about $30 million in the va budget on research for ptsd. we learn a lot from dod because they have extensive experience in this area in terms of diagnosis and dealing with ptsd with formations, with people in formations in combat, going back to combat. so there is much that we learn from our collaboration w