S.Amdt. 340

SA 340. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE READY RESERVE
CORPS.

(a) In General.--Section 16131 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``each military department'' and inserting
``the reserve component of that Secretary's uniformed
service''
(B) by striking ``and'' after ``Secretary of Defense,'';
(C) by inserting ``, and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services with respect to the Public Health Service Ready
Reserve Corps,'' after ``Navy''; and
(D) by striking ``of the armed forces under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned'' and inserting ``of
the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of such
Secretary'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``or the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, as the case may be'' after
``Secretary concerned'';
(3) in subsection (c)(3)(B)(i), by inserting ``or section
203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204(a)(4))''
after ``of this title'';
(4) in subsection (g)(2)(A), by inserting ``or the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, as the case may be''
after ``Secretary concerned''; and
(5) in subsection (i)--
(A) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, as the case may be,'' after ``Secretary of
Defense'' each place it appears; and
(B) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, as the case may be,'' after ``Secretary concerned''
each place it appears.
(b) Eligibility.--Section 16132(c) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ``or the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, as the case may be,'' after
``Secretary of Defense''.
(c) Authority to Transfer Unused Education Benefits to
Family Members.--Section 16132a of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, as the case may be,'' after
``Secretary concerned'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``member of the armed
forces'' and inserting ``member of the reserve component of
such member's uniformed service'';
(3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services'' after ``Secretary of Defense'';
(4) in subsection (f)(2), by inserting ``or the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, as the case may be,'' after
``Secretary concerned'';
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ``armed forces'' and
inserting ``uniformed services'' both places it appears;
(6) in subsection (h)(5)(B)--
(A) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, as the case may be,'' after ``Secretary
concerned''; and
(B) by inserting ``or a member of the Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps, as the case may be'' after ``enlisted
member''; and
(7) in subsection (j), by inserting ``and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services'' after ``Secretary of Defense''.
(d) Failure to Participate Satisfactorily; Penalties.--
Section 16135(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, as the case may be'' after ``Secretary concerned'';
and
(2) by striking ``of an armed force'' and inserting ``of a
uniformed service'';
(e) Administration of the Program.--Section 16136(a) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and by the Secretary of Homeland
Security'' and inserting ``by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services''; and
(2) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, as the case may be,'' after ``Secretary
concerned''.
(f) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a)
through (e) shall apply with respect to service occurring on
or after March 27, 2020.
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