To include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code, to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

SA 3156. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. APPLICATION OF LEAVE PROVISIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE.

(a) In General.--Section 221(a) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(22) Chapter 40, Leave.''.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 219 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210-1) is repealed.
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