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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6800 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the requirements for ap-
pointment, 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) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the require-
ments for appointment, qualifications, and pay for thera-
peutic medical physicists of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Re-
lief Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSI-
CISTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—Section 7401(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘therapeutic 
medical physicists,’’ after ‘‘physician assistants,’’. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 7402(b) of such title 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as para-
graph (15); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (14): 
‘‘(14) THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST.—To be 
eligible to be appointed to a therapeutic medical physicist 
position, a person must— 
‘‘(A) have completed a post-graduate clinical 
training program in therapeutic medical physics sat-
isfactory to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) be board certified in the field of thera-
peutic medical physics by a certifying body approved 
by the Secretary.’’. 
(c) GRADE.—Section 7404 of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL PHYS-
ICIST,’’ after ‘‘PODIATRIST (DPM),’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘Podiatrist grade.’’ the 
following: 
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‘‘Therapeutic medical physicist grade.’’. 
(d) PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION.—Section 7421(b) 
of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10); and 
(2) by inserting, after paragraph (8), the fol-
lowing new paragraph (9): 
‘‘(9) Therapeutic medical physicists.’’. 
(e) PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7431 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, Therapeutic Medical 
Physicist’’ before ‘‘, and Dentist Base’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘therapeutic medical 
physicist,’’ after ‘‘podiatrist,’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘therapeutic medical 
physicists,’’ after ‘‘podiatrists,’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(D) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
therapeutic medical physicists,’’ after ‘‘podia-
trists’’. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—Section 7433 
of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘therapeutic 
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medical physicists,’’ after ‘‘podiatrists,’’ each place it 
appears. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading 
of subchapter III of chapter 74 of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘THERAPEUTIC MEDICAL 
PHYSICISTS,’’ after ‘‘PODIATRISTS,’’. 
(4) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 74 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to subchapter 
III and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PAY FOR PHYSICIANS, PODIATRISTS, THERAPEUTIC 
MEDICAL PHYSICISTS, AND DENTISTS’’. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the 
amendments made by this section. Such report shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) The effects of an increase in pay for thera-
peutic medical physicists employed on a full-time 
basis within the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(2) The effects on therapeutic medical physi-
cists who provide care pursuant to an agreement 
with the Secretary. 
(3) Any change to costs to the Department. 
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