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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3851 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize appointment of Doctors 

of Chiropractic to regular and reserve corps of the Public Health Service 

Commissioned Corps, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 28, 2015 

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize appointment of Doctors of Chiropractic to regular and reserve corps of the Public Health Service Commissioned 

Corps, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chiropractic Member5 ship in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act 

6 of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC IN THE PUBLIC 

2 HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED CORPS. 

3 (a) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL.—Section 

4 207(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 209(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after 

6 ‘‘nursing,’’. 

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DOCTORS

8 OF CHIROPRACTIC.—Section 207 of the Public Health 

9 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(j) APPOINTMENT OF DOCTORS OF CHIRO12 PRACTIC.—Doctors of Chiropractic who are graduates of 

13 colleges of chiropractic whose graduates are eligible for li14 censure to practice chiropractic in a majority of the States 

15 of the United States, or approved by a body or bodies ac16 ceptable to the Secretary, shall be eligible for appointment 

17 as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the 

18 Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service. The 

19 Secretary and the Surgeon General shall ensure that such 

20 Doctors of Chiropractic are trained, equipped, and other21 wise prepared to fulfill applicable public health and emer22 gency response service responsibilities in the Commis23 sioned Corps.’’. 

24 (c) REQUIRED PLACEMENT OF DOCTORS OF CHIRO25 PRACTIC INTO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED

26 CORPS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 

3 in consultation with the Surgeon General and the 

4 Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall com5 mence the appointment of no fewer than 6 Doctors 

6 of Chiropractic into the commissioned Regular Corps 

7 and the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health 

8 Service. 

9 (2) REPORTS.—The Surgeon General shall sub10 mit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

11 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

12 Health Education Labor and Pensions of the Senate 

13 quarterly reports on all measures taken by the Presi14 dent, the Surgeon General, and the Secretary of 

15 Health and Human Services to carry out the provi16 sions of this Act, including the amendments made by 

17 this Act. The first such report shall be submitted 

18 not later than 120 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act. 

20 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 

21 the total aggregate appropriations made available to the 

22 Department of Health and Human Services through an23 nual appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2016, 2017, 

24 2018, and 2019, $1,500,000 is authorized and shall be 


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1 made available in each of such fiscal years only for the 

2 salaries and expenses necessary to carry out this Act. 

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