Whereas traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when brain function is altered by an external force, such as when something strikes the head or when the head hits something as the result of a fall, motor vehicle accident, assault, or other event; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that 2,500,000 people sustain a nonfatal TBI each year; Whereas the CDC estimated that 5,300,000 Americans are living with long-term disabilities as a result of brain injury and millions more are suffering from the residual effects of less severe TBIs; Whereas CDC data suggests that TBIs accounted for approximately 214,110 hospitalizations annually in 2021; Whereas the CDC found that there were 69,473 TBI-related deaths in 2021, meaning about 190 Americans died from TBI-related injury each day; Whereas traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called a signature injury of Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts; Whereas the Department of Defense reported that between the years 2000 and 2017, 375,000 military members were diagnosed with a TBI; Whereas the Institute of Medicine concluded that military servicemembers are at increased risk of long-term health issues from TBIs including depression, Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder, seizures, and problems with social functioning; Whereas the effects of a TBI diagnosis of our men and women in uniform is difficult because these injuries are oftentimes invisible and hard to trace; Whereas traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in the United States; Whereas 15 percent of high school youth report sports or recreation-related concussions annually; Whereas most cases of traumatic brain injury are preventable; Whereas the lack of public awareness is so vast that traumatic brain injury has been known in the disability community as the Nation’s silent epidemic ; Whereas the designation of a National Brain Injury Awareness Month will enhance public awareness of traumatic brain injury