[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3055 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3055

To amend the Public Health Service Act to entitle Members of the Ready 
   Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service to certain rights and 
      benefits that are provided for members of the Army Reserve.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2021

Mrs. Luria (for herself, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Golden, Mr. Taylor, Mr. 
 Carbajal, Mr. Baird, Mr. Crow, Mr. Meijer, Mr. Kahele, Mr. Waltz, Mr. 
C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Ms. Houlahan, and Mr. Moulton) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to entitle Members of the Ready 
   Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service to certain rights and 
      benefits that are provided for members of the Army Reserve.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Health Service Ready Reserve 
Improvement Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE CORPS OF THE PUBLIC 
              HEALTH SERVICE TO HOLD CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS.

    Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Permitting Dual Employment; Leave for Reserve Service.--
Members of the Ready Reserve Corps are entitled to the same rights and 
benefits provided for members of the Army Reserve under the following 
provisions of title 5, United States Code:
            ``(1) Section 5534 (relating to dual employment and pay of 
        Reserves and National Guardsmen).
            ``(2) Section 6323 (relating to military leave; Reserves 
        and National Guardsmen).''.
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