PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE related term(s) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Health

Bills and resolutions

Chief Nurse Officer: designate as National Nurse for Public Health (see S. 696), S1733 [7MR] (see H.R. 1597), H2582 [7MR]

Dept. of HHS: clarify that other agencies may not designate, appoint, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other employees relative to maximum number of Public Health Service officers assigned to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 106), H205 [3JA]

Firearms: submit annual report on effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 1114), H1491 [8FE]

Health: ensure access to qualified acupuncturist services for military members and dependents, veterans, and Medicare beneficiaries, and allow acupuncturists as officers in the Public Health Service (see H.R. 1183), H1581 [13FE]

Ready Reserve Corps: establish to make certain vital health care jobs are adequately staffed when disasters strike (see S. 2629), S5895 [17OC] (see H.R. 4870), H8538 [28OC]

World War II: provide that service in U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 3746), H5774 [12JY]

——— recognize and honor service of individuals who served in U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps by providing veteran status, honorable discharges and service medals where merited, and limited burial benefits (see S. 997), S2239 [3AP] (see H.R. 2056), H3067 [3AP]

Reports filed

U.S. Public Health Service Modernization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2629), S6391 [5NO]