,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhgj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bh1        
#bjai,mr4 ,burgess 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,eshoo7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
with respect to the ,public ,health     
,service ,corps4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,united       
,states ,public ,health ,service        
,modernization ,act of #bjai4  #b4      
,amendments  7a7 ,commissioned corps and
 ready reserve corps ,section #bjc of   
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjd7 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subsection 7a77#a71 by striking a ,ready
 ,reserve ,corps for service in time of 
national emergency and inserting 1 for  
service in time of a public health or   
national emergency1 a ,ready ,reserve   
,corps2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7c7--   
7,a7 in the heading1 by striking        
research and inserting ,reserve ,corps2 

7,b7 in paragraph 7#a71 by inserting    
during public health or national        
emergencies before the period2  7,c7 in 
paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 in the matter      
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by         
inserting 1 consistent with paragraph   
7#a7 after shall2  7ii7 in subparagraph 
7,c71 by inserting during such          
emergencies after members2 and  7iii7 in
 subparagraph 7,d71 by inserting 1      
consistent with subparagraph 7,c7 before
 the period2 and  7,d7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7#c7 ,statutory     
references to reserve ,a reference in   
any ,federal statute1 except in the case
 of subsection 7b71 to the ,reserve     
,corps of the ,public ,health ,service  
or to the reserve of the ,public ,health
 ,service shall be deemed to be a       
reference to the ,ready ,reserve ,corps4
  4  7b7 ,deployment readiness ,section 
#bjc;,a7a77#a77;,b7 of the ,public      
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bjd;a7a77#a77;,b77 is amended by       
striking ,active ,reserves and inserting

 ,ready ,reserve ,corps4  7c7           
,retirement of commissioned officers    
,section #baa of the ,public ,health    
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bab7 is   
amended-- 7#a7 by striking 7in the case 
of an officer in the ,reserve ,corps7   
each place it appears2  7#b7 by striking
 the ,service each place it appears and 
inserting the ,regular ,corps2  7#c7 in 
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a7-- 7i7 by striking or an officer of 
the ,reserve ,corps2 and  7ii7 by       
inserting or under section #bba7;a77#ai7
 after subsection 7a72 and  7,b7 in     
paragraph 7#b71 by striking ,regular or 
,reserve ,corps and inserting ,regular  
,corps or ,ready ,reserve ,corps2 and   
7#d7 in subsection 7f71 by striking the 
,regular or ,reserve ,corps of4  7d7    
,rights1 privileges1 etc4 of officers   
and surviving beneficiaries ,section    
#bba of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bac;a7 is amended--
  7#a7 in subsection 7a71 by adding at  
the end the following3  7#ai7 ,chapter  

#abbc1 ,retired ,pay for ,non-,regular  
,service4  7#bj7 ,section #abfja1       
,compensation3 ,reserve on active duty  
accepting from any person4  7#ba7       
,section #abfhd1 ,reserves3 separation  
for absence without authority or        
sentence to imprisonment4  2 and  7#b7  
in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by striking    
,secretary of ,health1 ,education1 and  
,welfare or his designee and inserting  
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services or the designee of such       
secretary2  7,b7 by striking 7b7 ,the   
authority vested and inserting the      
following3  7b7 7#a7 ,the authority     
vested  2  7,c7 by striking ,for        
purposes of and inserting the following3
  7#b7 ,for purposes of  2 and  7,d7 by 
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,for purposes of paragraph 7#ai7 of     
subsection 7a71 the terms ,military     
department1 ,secretary concerned1 and   
,armed forces in such title #aj shall be
 deemed to include1 respectively1 the   
,department of ,health and ,human       

,services1 the ,secretary of ,health and
 ,human ,services1 and the ,commissioned
 ,corps4  4  7e7 ,technical amendments  
,title ,,ii of the ,public ,health      
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjb et    
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in sections     
#bjd1 #bjg7;c71 and #bjh7;a71 by        
striking ,regular or ,reserve ,corps and
 inserting ,regular ,corps or ,ready    
,reserve ,corps2 and  7#b7 in sections  
#bje7;c71 #bjf7;c71 #baj1 and #bai1 and 
in subsections 7a71 7b71 and 7d7 of     
section #bjg1 by striking ,reserve      
,corps each place it appears and        
inserting ,ready ,reserve ,corps4