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[S. 2629 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 289
116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2629

   To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public 
                         Health Service Corps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 17, 2019

 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

                            November 5, 2019

              Reported by Mr. Alexander, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public 
                         Health Service Corps.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Public Health 
Service Modernization Act of 2019''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve Corps.--Section 
203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) 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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the heading, by striking 
                ``Research'' and inserting ``Reserve Corps'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
                ``during public health or national emergencies'' before 
                the period;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) in the matter preceding 
                        subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, consistent 
                        with paragraph (1)'' after ``shall'';</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) in subparagraph (C), by 
                        inserting ``during such emergencies'' after 
                        ``members''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) in subparagraph (D), by 
                        inserting ``, consistent with subparagraph 
                        (C)'' before the period; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) 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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) 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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Retirement of Commissioned Officers.--Section 211 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 212) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``(in the case of an officer in 
        the Reserve Corps)'' each place it appears;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``the Service'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``the Regular Corps'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in subsection (c)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``or an officer of 
                        the Reserve Corps''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by inserting ``or under 
                        section 221(a)(19)'' after ``subsection (a)''; 
                        and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                ``Regular or Reserve Corps'' and inserting ``Regular 
                Corps or Ready Reserve Corps''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in subsection (f), by striking ``the Regular 
        or Reserve Corps of''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Rights, Privileges, etc. of Officers and Surviving 
Beneficiaries.--Section 221 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
213a) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
        following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(19) Chapter 1223, Retired Pay for Non-Regular 
        Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(20) Section 12601, Compensation: Reserve on 
        active duty accepting from any person.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(21) Section 12684, Reserves: separation for 
        absence without authority or sentence to imprisonment.''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (b)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) 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'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``(b) The authority 
                vested'' and inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b)(1) The authority vested'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by striking ``For purposes of'' and 
                inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) For purposes of''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(3) 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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Technical Amendments.--Title II of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in sections 204, 207(c), and 208(a), by 
        striking ``Regular or Reserve Corps'' and inserting ``Regular 
        Corps or Ready Reserve Corps''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) 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''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Public Health Service 
Modernization Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve Corps.--Section 203 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is amended--
            (1) 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
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Research'' and 
                inserting ``Reserve Corps'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``during public 
                health or national emergencies'' before the period;
                    (C) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``, consistent with paragraph 
                        (1)'' after ``shall'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
                        ``during such emergencies'' after ``members''; 
                        and
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``, 
                        consistent with subparagraph (C)'' before the 
                        period; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) 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.''.
    (b) 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''.
    (c) Retirement of Commissioned Officers.--Section 211 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 212) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the Service'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``the Regular Corps'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``(in the case of an 
        officer in the Reserve Corps)'';
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``or an officer of the 
                        Reserve Corps''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or under section 
                        221(a)(19)'' after ``subsection (a)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Regular or 
                Reserve Corps'' and inserting ``Regular Corps or Ready 
                Reserve Corps''; and
            (4) in subsection (f), by striking ``the Regular or Reserve 
        Corps of''.
    (d) Rights, Privileges, etc. of Officers and Surviving 
Beneficiaries.--Section 221 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
213a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(19) Chapter 1223, Retired Pay for Non-Regular Service.
            ``(20) Section 12601, Compensation: Reserve on active duty 
        accepting from any person.
            ``(21) Section 12684, Reserves: separation for absence 
        without authority or sentence to imprisonment.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) 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'';
                    (B) by striking ``(b) The authority vested'' and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) The authority vested'';
                    (C) by striking ``For purposes of'' and inserting 
                the following:
    ``(2) For purposes of''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) 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.''.
    (e) Technical Amendments.--Title II of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in sections 204 and 207(c), by striking ``Regular or 
        Reserve Corps'' each place it appears and inserting ``Regular 
        Corps or Ready Reserve Corps'';
            (2) in section 208(a), by striking ``Regular and Reserve 
        Corps'' each place it appears and inserting ``Regular Corps and 
        Ready Reserve Corps''; and
            (3) 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''.
                                                       Calendar No. 289

116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 2629

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Public 
                         Health Service Corps.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 5, 2019

                       Reported with an amendment