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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6800 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for appointment, qualifications, and pay for therapeutic medical physicists of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK (for herself and Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for appointment, qualifications, and pay for therapeutic medical physicists of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 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 ‘‘Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Re6 lief Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSI2 CISTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

3 AFFAIRS. 

4 (a) APPOINTMENT.—Section 7401(1) of title 38, 

5 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘therapeutic 

6 medical physicists,’’ after ‘‘physician assistants,’’. 

7 (b) QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 7402(b) of such title 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para10 graph (15); and 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol12 lowing new paragraph (14): 

13 ‘‘(14) THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST.—To be 

14 eligible to be appointed to a therapeutic medical physicist 

15 position, a person must— 

16 ‘‘(A) have completed a post-graduate clinical 

17 training program in therapeutic medical physics sat18 isfactory to the Secretary; and 

19 ‘‘(B) be board certified in the field of thera20 peutic medical physics by a certifying body approved 

21 by the Secretary.’’. 

22 (c) GRADE.—Section 7404 of such title is amended— 

23 (1) by inserting ‘‘THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYS24 ICIST,’’ after ‘‘PODIATRIST (DPM),’’; and 

25 (2) by inserting after ‘‘Podiatrist grade.’’ the 

26 following: 


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1 ‘‘Therapeutic medical physicist grade.’’. 

2 (d) PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.—Section 7421(b) 

3 of such title is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para5 graph (10); and 

6 (2) by inserting, after paragraph (8), the fol7 lowing new paragraph (9): 

8 ‘‘(9) Therapeutic medical physicists.’’. 

9 (e) PAY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7431 of such title is 

11 amended— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘, Therapeutic Medical 

13 Physicist’’ before ‘‘, and Dentist Base’’ each 

14 place it appears; 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘therapeutic medical 

16 physicist,’’ after ‘‘podiatrist,’’ each place it ap17 pears; 

18 (C) by inserting ‘‘therapeutic medical 

19 physicists,’’ after ‘‘podiatrists,’’ each place it 

20 appears; and 

21 (D) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 

22 therapeutic medical physicists,’’ after ‘‘podia23 trists’’. 

24 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—Section 7433 

25 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘therapeutic 


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1 medical physicists,’’ after ‘‘podiatrists,’’ each place it 

2 appears. 

3 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 

4 of subchapter III of chapter 74 of such title is 

5 amended by inserting ‘‘THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL 

6 PHYSICISTS,’’ after ‘‘PODIATRISTS,’’. 

7 (4) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec8 tions at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is 

9 amended by striking the item relating to subchapter 

10 III and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PAY FOR PHYSICIANS, PODIATRISTS, THERAPEUTIC

MEDICAL PHYSICISTS, AND DENTISTS’’. 

11 (f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

12 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

13 shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 

14 the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the 

15 amendments made by this section. Such report shall in16 clude the following: 

17 (1) The effects of an increase in pay for thera18 peutic medical physicists employed on a full-time 

19 basis within the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

20 (2) The effects on therapeutic medical physi21 cists who provide care pursuant to an agreement 

22 with the Secretary. 

23 (3) Any change to costs to the Department. 

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