[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3958]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1933. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 738. REPORT ON CREDENTIALING OF PHYSICIANS SERVING ON 
                   ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to Congress a 
     report on--
       (1) the full credentialing process for a member of the 
     Armed Forces on active duty serving as a physician, including 
     any uniform standards used throughout the Department of 
     Defense for such process; and
       (2) the feasibility and advisability of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs recognizing a credential issued under such 
     process in order to facilitate the transition of such member 
     to employment in the Department of Veterans Affairs upon the 
     retirement, separation, or release of such member from the 
     Armed Forces.
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