IC
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2629
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 13, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
AN ACT
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public Health Service Corps.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019
.
Amendments
Commissioned corps and ready reserve corps
Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is amended—
in subsection (a)(1), by striking a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency
and inserting , for service in time of a public health or national emergency, a Ready Reserve Corps
; and
in subsection (c)—
in the heading, by striking research
and inserting Reserve Corps
;
in paragraph (1), by inserting during public health or national emergencies
before the period;
in paragraph (2)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , consistent with paragraph (1)
after shall
;
in subparagraph (C), by inserting during such emergencies
after members
; and
in subparagraph (D), by inserting , consistent with subparagraph (C)
before the period; and
by adding at the end the following:
Statutory references to reserve
A reference in any Federal statute, except in the case of subsection (b), to the Reserve Corps
of the Public Health Service or to the reserve
of the Public Health Service shall be deemed to be a reference to the Ready Reserve Corps.
.
Deployment readiness
Section 203A(a)(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204a(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking Active Reserves
and inserting Ready Reserve Corps
.
Retirement of commissioned officers
Section 211 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 212) is amended—
by striking the Service
each place it appears and inserting the Regular Corps
;
in subsection (a)(4), by striking (in the case of an officer in the Reserve Corps)
;
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking or an officer of the Reserve Corps
; and
by inserting or under section 221(a)(19)
after subsection (a)
; and
in paragraph (2), by striking Regular or Reserve Corps
and inserting Regular Corps or Ready Reserve Corps
; and
in subsection (f), by striking the Regular or Reserve Corps of
.
Rights, privileges, etc. of officers and surviving beneficiaries
Section 221 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a) is amended—
in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
Chapter 1223, Retired Pay for Non-Regular Service.
Section 12601, Compensation: Reserve on active duty accepting from any person.
Section 12684, Reserves: separation for absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment.
; and
in subsection (b)—
by striking Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare or his designee
and inserting Secretary of Health and Human Services or the designee of such secretary
;
by striking (b) The authority vested
and inserting the following:
The authority vested
;
by striking For purposes of
and inserting the following:
For purposes of
; and
by adding at the end the following:
For purposes of paragraph (19) of subsection (a), the terms Military department, Secretary concerned, and Armed forces in such title 10 shall be deemed to include, respectively, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Commissioned Corps.
.
Technical amendments
Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended—
in sections 204 and 207(c), by striking Regular or Reserve Corps
each place it appears and inserting Regular Corps or Ready Reserve Corps
;
in section 208(a), by striking Regular and Reserve Corps
each place it appears and inserting Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps
; and
in section 205(c), 206(c), 210, and 219, and in subsections (a), (b), and (d) of section 207, by striking Reserve Corps
each place it appears and inserting Ready Reserve Corps
.
Passed the Senate January 9, 2020.
Julie E. Adams,
Secretary