[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5014]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3194. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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. 724. PILOT PROGRAM ON CREDENTIALS FOR DOCTORS, NURSES, 
                   AND TECHNICIANS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE ARMED 
                   FORCES TO WORK AT HOSPITALS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall carry out a pilot program under which the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall assess the feasibility and advisability of providing 
     credentials to doctors, nurses, and technicians on active 
     duty in the Armed Forces to work at hospitals of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                 ______