[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5079-S5080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2864. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1095. APPLICATION OF LEAVE PROVISIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH 
                   SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--Section 221(a) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a(a)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(22) Chapter 40, Leave, except that, in applying section 
     701(b) of such chapter 40 for purposes of this section, `120 
     days' leave' shall be substituted for `60 days' leave'.''.
       (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 219 of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210-1) is repealed.

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