[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2787 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2787

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors 
 of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2021

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Sinema) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors 
 of podiatric medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ROLE OF DOCTORS OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE IN DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Clarification of Role.--Section 7306 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``a Director of 
                Podiatric Service,'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph 
                (12); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(11) A Podiatric Medical Director, who shall be a 
        qualified doctor of podiatric medicine and who shall be 
        responsible to the Under Secretary for Health for the operation 
        of the Podiatric Service.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``podiatric 
        medicine,'' after ``doctors of medicine,''; and
            (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``and (8)'' and 
        inserting ``(8), and (11)''.
    (b) Clarification of Pay Grade.--Section 7404 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``, podiatrists,'' 
        after ``physicians''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), in the first heading of the list 
        following the colon, by striking ``PODIATRIST'' and inserting 
        ``PODIATRIST (DPM)''.
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