[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2529-S2530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 341. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE READY RESERVE CORPS.

       (a) Establishment.--Section 10141 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``in each armed force'' 
     and inserting ``in each uniformed service''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), striking ``the same for all armed 
     forces'' and inserting ``the same for all reserve components 
     of the uniformed services''.
       (b) Organization and Unit Structure.--Section 10143(b) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by inserting ``and the Public Health Service Ready 
     Reserve Corps'' after ``other than the Coast Guard''; and

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       (B) by striking ``war plans; and'' and inserting ``war 
     plans;'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) in the case of the Public Health Service Ready 
     Reserve Corps, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     upon the recommendation of the Assistant Secretary for 
     Health.''.
       (c) Placement in Ready Reserves.--Section 10145(a) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Ready 
     Reserve of his armed force for his prescribed term of 
     service, unless he is transferred'' and inserting ``Ready 
     Reserve of the reserve component of the member's uniformed 
     service for his or her prescribed term of service, unless 
     such member is transferred''.
       (d) Standby Reserves.--
       (1) Transfers to.--Section 10146 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services with respect to Public Health 
     Service Ready Reserve Corps'' after ``operating as a service 
     in the Navy''; and
       (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, as the case may be,'' after 
     ``prescribed by the Secretary concerned''.
       (2) Transfers from.--Section 10150 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``and the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services with respect to Public Health 
     Service Ready Reserve Corps'' after ``operating as a service 
     in the Navy''.
       (3) Training requirements.--Section 10147(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking ``in an armed force'' and inserting ``in a 
     uniformed service''; and
       (B) by inserting ``and the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services with respect to Public Health Service Ready Reserve 
     Corps'' after ``operating as a service in the Navy''.
       (4) Failure to satisfactorily perform prescribed 
     training.--Section 10148(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting ``or the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services with respect to Public Health Service Ready 
     Reserve Corps'' after ``Secretary of Defense''.
       (e) Inactive Status List.--Section 10152 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``armed force'' 
     and inserting ``uniformed service''.
       (f) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Authorized end strength of the ready reserves of the 
     armed forces.--Section 10142 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting ``of the armed forces'' after ``Ready 
     Reserve'' both places it appears.
       (2) Continuous screening provisions applicable to armed 
     forces.--Section 10149 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or, in the case of 
     the Public Health Service Ready Reserve Corps, the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services,'' after ``Secretary 
     concerned''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ``or, in the case 
     of a Member of Congress who also is a member of the Public 
     Health Service Ready Reserve Corps, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services'' after ``operating as a service in the 
     Navy''.
       (3) Composition of standby reserves of armed forces.--
     Section 10151 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting ``of the armed forces'' after ``The Standby 
     Reserve''.
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