S.Amdt. 2579

SA 2579. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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. 727. PODIATRISTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Qualification of Doctors of Podiatry for Original
Appointment as Commissioned Officers.--Section 532(b)(1) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting
``podiatry,'' after ``osteopathy,''.
(b) Members of Medical Corps.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that podiatrists are assigned to the Medical Corps of
each military department.
(2) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives in writing upon carrying out paragraph (1).
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