[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 68 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 68

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
 health care professionals to the positions of the Surgeon General of 
 the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, and the Surgeon General of 
                             the Air Force.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
 health care professionals to the positions of the Surgeon General of 
 the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, and the Surgeon General of 
                             the Air Force.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SURGEON GENERAL OF THE ARMY.

    Section 3036 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting before the period at 
        the end of the third sentence the following: ``and shall be 
        appointed as prescribed in subsection (f)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection (f):
    ``(f) The President shall appoint the Surgeon General from among 
commissioned officers in any corps of the Army Medical Department who 
are educationally and professionally qualified to furnish health care 
to other persons, including doctors of medicine, dentistry, and 
osteopathy, nurses, and clinical psychologists.''.

SEC. 2. SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY.

    Section 5137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking 
        out ``in the Medical Corps'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``who are educationally and professionally qualified to furnish 
        health care to other persons, including doctors of medicine, 
        dentistry, and osteopathy, nurses, and clinical 
        psychologists''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking out ``in the Medical 
        Corps'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``who is qualified to be 
        the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery''.

SEC. 3. SURGEON GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE.

    The first sentence of section 8036 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out ``designated as medical officers under 
section 8067(a) of this title'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``educationally and professionally qualified to furnish health care to 
other persons, including doctors of medicine, dentistry, and 
osteopathy, nurses, and clinical psychologists''.
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