,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cbjc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #af1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,kaine 7for himself and ,ms4  
,murkowski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to codify the    
requirements for appointment1           
qualifications1 and pay for therapeutic 
medical physicists of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs ,therapeutic ,medical
 ,physicist ,pay ,cap ,relief ,act4  #b4
 ,treatment of therapeutic medical      
physicists of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,appointment    
,section #gdja7a7 of title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
therapeutic medical physicists1 after   
physician assistants14  7b7             
,qualifications ,section #gdjb7;b7 of   

such title is amended--  7#a7 by        
redesignating paragraph 7#ad7 as        
paragraph 7#ae72 and  7#b7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#ac7 the following new 
paragraph 7#ad73  7#ad7 ,therapeutic    
medical physicist ,to be eligible to be 
appointed to a therapeutic medical      
physicist position1 a person must-- 7,a7
 have completed a post-graduate clinical
 training program in therapeutic medical
 physics satisfactory to the ,secretary2
 and  7,b7 be board certified in the    
field of therapeutic medical physics by 
a certifying body approved by the       
,secretary4  4  7c7 ,grade ,the list in 
section #gdjd7;b7 of such title is      
amended-- 7#a7 by inserting             
,,therapeutic ,,medical ,,physicist1    
after ,,podiatrist12 and  7#b7 by       
inserting after the item relating to    
,podiatrist grade4 the following new    
item3 ,therapeutic ,medical ,physicist  
,grade4 4  7d7 ,personnel administration
 ,section #gdba7;b7 of such title is    
amended by adding at the end the        

following new paragraph3  7#i7          
,therapeutic medical physicists4  4  7e7
 ,pay  7#a7 ,in general ,section #gdca  
of such title is amended--  7,a7 by     
inserting therapeutic medical physicist1
 after podiatrist1 each place it        
appears2  7,b7 by inserting therapeutic 
medical physicists1 after podiatrists1  
each place it appears2  7,c7 by         
inserting ,therapeutic ,medical         
,physicist1 after ,podiatrist1 each     
place it appears2 and  7,d7 in          
subsection 7e77#a77;,a71 by inserting 1 
therapeutic medical physicists1 after   
podiatrists4  7#b7 ,administrative      
matters ,section #gdcc of such title is 
amended by inserting therapeutic medical
 physicists1 after podiatrists1 each    
place it appears4  7#c7 ,conforming     
amendment ,the heading of subchapter    
,,iii of chapter #gd of such title is   
amended by inserting ,therapeutic       
,medical ,physicists1 after             
,podiatrists14  7#d7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections at the beginning

 of chapter #gd of such title is amended
 by striking the item relating to       
subchapter ,,iii and inserting the      
following new item3  ,subchapter        
,,iii--,pay for ,physicians1            
,podiatrists1 ,therapeutic ,medical     
,physicists1 and ,dentists  4