[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4924]
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  SA 2579. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Cotton) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 727. PODIATRISTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Qualification of Doctors of Podiatry for Original 
     Appointment as Commissioned Officers.--Section 532(b)(1) of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     ``podiatry,'' after ``osteopathy,''.
       (b) Members of Medical Corps.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     ensure that podiatrists are assigned to the Medical Corps of 
     each military department.
       (2) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives in writing upon carrying out paragraph (1).
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