S.Amdt. 1673

SA 1673. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 738. STUDY ON PROVIDING CONCURRENT CERTIFICATION BY
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PHYSICIANS SERVING ON
ACTIVE DUTY.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a study on the
feasibility and advisability of providing any member of the
Armed Forces on active duty serving as a physician with
certification to practice as a physician for the Department
of Veterans Affairs in order to facilitate the transition of
such member to employment in the Department of Veterans
Affairs upon the retirement, separation, or release of such
member from the Armed Forces.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to
Congress a report on the feasibility and advisability of
providing members of the Armed Forces on active duty serving
as physicians with the certification described in subsection
(a).
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