,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bh1 #bjai,ms4  
,herrera ,beutler introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
,secretary of a military department to  
retain a reserve officer in a medical   
specialty beyond the date that such     
individual turns #fh years old1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,reserve       
,medical ,officer ,parity ,act4  #b4    
,authority to defer mandatory separation
 at age #fh of officers in medical      
specialties in the reserve components of
 the ,armed ,forces ,section #adgjc7;b7 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,an and     
inserting 7#a7 ,subject to paragraph    
7#b71 an2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new paragraph 7#b73  7#b7
 ,the ,secretary concerned may1 with the

 consent of the officer1 retain in an   
active status an officer in a medical   
specialty described in subsection 7a7   
beyond the date described in paragraph  
7#a7 of this subsection if the          
,secretary concerned determines that    
such retention is necessary to the      
military department concerned4 ,each    
such retention shall be made on a       
case-by-case basis and for such period  
as the ,secretary concerned determines  
appropriate4  4