,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bghg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjba,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,sinema7 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 clarify the   
role of doctors of podiatric medicine in
 the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,role of   
doctors of podiatric medicine in        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,clarification of role ,section #gcjf of
 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
in paragraph 7#f71 by striking a        
,director of ,podiatric ,service12  7,b7
 by redesignating paragraph 7#aa7 as    
paragraph 7#ab72 and  7,c7 by inserting 
after paragraph 7#aj7 the following new 
paragraph3  7#aa7 ,a ,podiatric ,medical
 ,director1 who shall be a qualified    
doctor of podiatric medicine and who    

shall be responsible to the ,under      
,secretary for ,health for the operation
 of the ,podiatric ,service4  2  7#b7 in
 subsection 7b77#a71 by inserting       
podiatric medicine1 after doctors of    
medicine12 and  7#c7 in subsection 7c71 
by striking and 7#h7 and inserting 7#h71
 and 7#aa74  7b7 ,clarification of pay  
grade ,section #gdjd of title #ch1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7a77#b71 by inserting 1  
podiatrists1 after physicians2 and  7#b7
 in subsection 7b71 in the first heading
 of the list following the colon1 by    
striking ,,podiatrist and inserting     
,,podiatrist 7,,dpm74