S.Amdt. 341

SA 341. 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. __. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE READY RESERVE CORPS.

(a) Establishment.--Section 10141 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``in each armed force''
and inserting ``in each uniformed service''; and
(2) in subsection (c), striking ``the same for all armed
forces'' and inserting ``the same for all reserve components
of the uniformed services''.
(b) Organization and Unit Structure.--Section 10143(b) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by inserting ``and the Public Health Service Ready
Reserve Corps'' after ``other than the Coast Guard''; and

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(B) by striking ``war plans; and'' and inserting ``war
plans;'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) in the case of the Public Health Service Ready
Reserve Corps, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services
upon the recommendation of the Assistant Secretary for
Health.''.
(c) Placement in Ready Reserves.--Section 10145(a) of title
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Ready
Reserve of his armed force for his prescribed term of
service, unless he is transferred'' and inserting ``Ready
Reserve of the reserve component of the member's uniformed
service for his or her prescribed term of service, unless
such member is transferred''.
(d) Standby Reserves.--
(1) Transfers to.--Section 10146 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services with respect to Public Health
Service Ready Reserve Corps'' after ``operating as a service
in the Navy''; and
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or the Secretary of
Health and Human Services, as the case may be,'' after
``prescribed by the Secretary concerned''.
(2) Transfers from.--Section 10150 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ``and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services with respect to Public Health
Service Ready Reserve Corps'' after ``operating as a service
in the Navy''.
(3) Training requirements.--Section 10147(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``in an armed force'' and inserting ``in a
uniformed service''; and
(B) by inserting ``and the Secretary of Health and Human
Services with respect to Public Health Service Ready Reserve
Corps'' after ``operating as a service in the Navy''.
(4) Failure to satisfactorily perform prescribed
training.--Section 10148(a) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and
Human Services with respect to Public Health Service Ready
Reserve Corps'' after ``Secretary of Defense''.
(e) Inactive Status List.--Section 10152 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``armed force''
and inserting ``uniformed service''.
(f) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Authorized end strength of the ready reserves of the
armed forces.--Section 10142 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ``of the armed forces'' after ``Ready
Reserve'' both places it appears.
(2) Continuous screening provisions applicable to armed
forces.--Section 10149 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or, in the case of
the Public Health Service Ready Reserve Corps, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services,'' after ``Secretary
concerned''; and
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ``or, in the case
of a Member of Congress who also is a member of the Public
Health Service Ready Reserve Corps, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services'' after ``operating as a service in the
Navy''.
(3) Composition of standby reserves of armed forces.--
Section 10151 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ``of the armed forces'' after ``The Standby
Reserve''.
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