[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 1534 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1534

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                               AMENDMENTS
                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     November 16, 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1534) entitled ``An 
Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal a requirement that 
the Under Secretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs be 
a doctor of medicine'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

        Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION TO PHYSICIAN REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SENIOR 
              VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS.

    (a) Under Secretary.--Section 305 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out ``shall be a 
        doctor of medicine and shall be'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``shall (except as provided in subsection (d)(1)) be a doctor 
        of medicine. The Under Secretary shall be'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 
                following: ``If at the time such a commission is 
                established both the position of Deputy Under Secretary 
                for Health and the position of Associate Deputy Under 
                Secretary for Health are held by individuals who are 
                doctors of medicine, the individual appointed by the 
                President as Under Secretary for Health may be someone 
                who is not a doctor of medicine. In any case, the 
                Secretary shall develop, and shall furnish to the 
                commission, specific criteria which the commission 
                shall use in evaluating individuals for recommendations 
                under paragraph (3).'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (5);
                    (C) by inserting after the first sentence of 
                paragraph (3) the following: ``In a case in which, 
                pursuant to paragraph (1), the individual to be 
                appointed as Under Secretary does not have to be a 
                doctor of medicine, the commission may make 
                recommendations without regard to the requirement in 
                subsection (a)(2)(A) that the Under Secretary be 
                appointed on the basis of demonstrated ability in the 
                medical profession, but in such a case the commission 
                shall accord a priority to the selection of a doctor of 
                medicine over an individual who is not a doctor of 
                medicine.''; and
                    (D) by designating the sentence beginning ``The 
                commission shall submit'' as paragraph (4).
    (b) Deputy and Associate Deputy Under Secretary.--Section 7306 of 
such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(except as provided 
        in subsection (c))'' in paragraphs (1) and (2) after ``and who 
        shall'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) If at the time of the appointment of the Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health under subsection (a)(1), both the position of 
Under Secretary for Health and the position of Associate Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health are held by individuals who are doctors of 
medicine, the individual appointed as Deputy Under Secretary for Health 
may be someone who is not a doctor of medicine.
    ``(3) If at the time of the appointment of the Associate Deputy 
Under Secretary for Health under subsection (a)(2), both the position 
of Under Secretary for Health and the position of Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health are held by individuals who are doctors of 
medicine, the individual appointed as Associate Deputy Under Secretary 
for Health may be someone who is not a doctor of medicine.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to amend title 38, 
        United States Code, to allow one of the three senior officials 
        in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs to be an individual who is not a doctor of 
        medicine.''.
            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.