S.Amdt. 3778

SA 3778. Mr. MULLIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 E of title V, add the following:

SEC. 550. MEDICAL ACCESSION STANDARDS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES.

Chapter 37 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 658. Medical accession standards for members of the
armed forces

``(a) Establishment of Standards.--(1) The Secretary of
Defense shall establish uniform medical accession standards.
Such standards shall use common medical standards for
appointment, enlistment, or induction of personnel into the
military services.
``(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries
concerned shall make readily available and understandable to
potential members of the armed forces the applicable medical
accession standards, including an explanation of the waiver
process.
``(b) Process for Review or Waiver of Medical
Disqualifications.--The Secretary concerned shall establish a
process for the review of medical disqualifications of
persons seeking to become a member of the armed forces.
``(c) Reports.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees an annual report
identifying--
``(A) the number of persons disqualified from service as a
member of the armed forces during the preceding calendar year
due to medical history;
``(B) the number and type of approvals granted through the
medical waiver process during the preceding calendar year;
and
``(C) any updates to the medical standards for accession
established under subsection (a) or the waiver process since
the submission of the preceding report.
``(2) For any fiscal year in which the Secretary concerned
approves the accession of a person into the Coast Guard
through the waiver process, the Secretary of the department
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit to the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the House of Representatives a report identifying the
information required under paragraph (1)(B) with regards to
such member.''.

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