I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2202 
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 
APRIL 27, 2017 
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 ap-
pointment of Doctors of Chiropractic to regular and re-
serve corps of the Public Health Service Commissioned 
Corps, 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 ‘‘Chiropractic Member-
ship in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Act 
of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC IN THE PUBLIC 
HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED CORPS. 
(a) 
APPOINTMENT
OF
PERSONNEL.—Section 
207(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
209(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘chiropractic,’’ after 
‘‘nursing,’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DOCTORS 
OF CHIROPRACTIC.—Section 207 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) 
APPOINTMENT
OF
DOCTORS
OF
CHIRO-
PRACTIC.—Doctors of Chiropractic who are graduates of 
colleges of chiropractic whose graduates are eligible for li-
censure to practice chiropractic in a majority of the States 
of the United States, or approved by a body or bodies ac-
ceptable to the Secretary, shall be eligible for appointment 
as officers in the commissioned Regular Corps and the 
Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service. The 
Secretary and the Surgeon General shall ensure that such 
Doctors of Chiropractic are trained, equipped, and other-
wise prepared to fulfill applicable public health and emer-
gency response service responsibilities in the Commis-
sioned Corps.’’. 
(c) REQUIRED PLACEMENT OF DOCTORS OF CHIRO-
PRACTIC INTO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED 
CORPS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 
in consultation with the Surgeon General and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall com-
mence the appointment of no fewer than 6 Doctors 
of Chiropractic into the commissioned Regular Corps 
and the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health 
Service. 
(2) REPORTS.—The Surgeon General shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-
ate quarterly reports on all measures taken by the 
President, the Surgeon General, and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services to carry out the pro-
visions of this Act, including the amendments made 
by this Act. The first such report shall be submitted 
not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Out of 
the total aggregate appropriations made available to the 
Department of Health and Human Services through an-
nual appropriations Acts for fiscal years 2018, 2019, 
2020, and 2021, $1,500,000 is authorized and shall be 
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made available in each of such fiscal years only for the 
salaries and expenses necessary to carry out this Act. 
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