103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1534

AMENDMENTS
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

November 16, 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1534) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal

a requirement that the Under Secretary for Health in the

Department of Veterans Affairs be a doctor of medicine’’, do

pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. MODIFICATION TO PHYSICIAN REQUIREMENT

2 FOR CERTAIN SENIOR VETERANS HEALTH AD3 MINISTRATION OFFICIALS.

4 (a) UNDER SECRETARY.—Section 305 of title 38,

5 United States Code, is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out ‘‘shall be

7 a doctor of medicine and shall be’’ and inserting in

8 lieu thereof ‘‘shall (except as provided in subsection

9 (d)(1)) be a doctor of medicine. The Under Secretary

10 shall be’’;

11 (2) in subsection (d)—

12 (A) by adding at the end of paragraph (1)

13 the following: ‘‘If at the time such a commission

14 is established both the position of Deputy Under

15 Secretary for Health and the position of Associ-
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1 ate Deputy Under Secretary for Health are held

2 by individuals who are doctors of medicine, the

3 individual appointed by the President as Under

4 Secretary for Health may be someone who is not

5 a doctor of medicine. In any case, the Secretary

6 shall develop, and shall furnish to the commis7 sion, specific criteria which the commission shall

8 use in evaluating individuals for recommenda9 tions under paragraph (3).’’;

10 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as

11 paragraph (5);

12 (C) by inserting after the first sentence of

13 paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘In a case in

14 which, pursuant to paragraph (1), the individ15 ual to be appointed as Under Secretary does not

16 have to be a doctor of medicine, the commission

17 may make recommendations without regard to

18 the requirement in subsection (a)(2)(A) that the

19 Under Secretary be appointed on the basis of

20 demonstrated ability in the medical profession,

21 but in such a case the commission shall accord

22 a priority to the selection of a doctor of medicine

23 over an individual who is not a doctor of medi24 cine.’’; and
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1 (D) by designating the sentence beginning

2 ‘‘The commission shall submit’’ as paragraph

3 (4).

4 (b) DEPUTY AND ASSOCIATE DEPUTY UNDER SEC5 RETARY.—Section 7306 of such title is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(except as

7 provided in subsection (c))’’ in paragraphs (1) and

8 (2) after ‘‘and who shall’’;

9 (2) in subsection (c)—

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and

11 (B) by adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘(2) If at the time of the appointment of the Deputy

13 Under Secretary for Health under subsection (a)(1), both

14 the position of Under Secretary for Health and the position

15 of Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health are held

16 by individuals who are doctors of medicine, the individual

17 appointed as Deputy Under Secretary for Health may be

18 someone who is not a doctor of medicine.

19 ‘‘(3) If at the time of the appointment of the Associate

20 Deputy Under Secretary for Health under subsection (a)(2),

21 both the position of Under Secretary for Health and the

22 position of Deputy Under Secretary for Health are held by

23 individuals who are doctors of medicine, the individual ap24 pointed as Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health

25 may be someone who is not a doctor of medicine.’’.
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act to amend

title 38, United States Code, to allow one of the three

senior officials in the Veterans Health Administration of

the Department of Veterans Affairs to be an individual

who is not a doctor of medicine.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.