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[S. 863 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.863

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the grade and pay of 
           podiatrists of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF GRADE AND PAY OF PODIATRISTS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
    (a) Grade.--The list in section 7404(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
        (1) by striking ``PODIATRIC SURGEON (DPM)'' and inserting 
    ``PODIATRIST''; and
        (2) by inserting after the item relating to ``Physician and 
    surgeon grade.'' the following new item:
    ``Podiatrist grade.''.
    (b) Pay.--
        (1) In general.--Section 7431 of such title is amended--
            (A) by striking ``physician and dentist'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``physician, podiatrist, and dentist'';
            (B) by striking ``physicians and dentists'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``physicians, podiatrists, and 
        dentists'';
            (C) by striking ``physician or dentist'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``physician, podiatrist, or dentist'';
            (D) by striking ``physicians or dentists'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``physicians, podiatrists, or dentists'';
            (E) by striking ``Physician and Dentist'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Physician, Podiatrist, and Dentist''; 
        and
            (F) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting ``podiatrists 
        and'' before ``dentists.''.
        (2) Administrative matters.--Section 7433 of such title is 
    amended by striking ``physicians and dentists'' each place it 
    appears and inserting ``physicians, podiatrists, and dentists''.
        (3) Conforming amendment.--The heading of subchapter III of 
    chapter 74 of such title is amended by inserting ``, PODIATRISTS,'' 
    after ``PHYSICIANS''.
        (4) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
    of chapter 74 of such title is amended by striking the item 
    relating to subchapter III and inserting the following new item:

    ``subchapter iii--pay for physicians, podiatrists, and dentists''.

        (5) Technical amendment.--Section 7433 of such title is further 
    amended--
            (A) by striking subsection (b);
            (B) in subsection (a)--
                (i) by striking ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting 
            ``The Secretary''; and
                (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subsection (b); 
            and
            (C) in subsection (b), as so redesignated--
                (i) by striking ``In prescribing'' and inserting 
            ``Recommendations and Views.--In prescribing''; and
                (ii) by striking ``this paragraph'' and inserting 
            ``this subsection''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.