I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6800 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Therapeutic Medical Physicist Pay Cap Relief Act . 2. Treatment of therapeutic medical physicists 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 paragraph (15); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following 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 satisfactory to the Secretary; and (B) be board certified in the field of therapeutic medical physics by a certifying body approved by the Secretary. . (c) Grade Section 7404 of such title is amended— (1) by inserting therapeutic medical physicist, after podiatrist (dpm), ; and (2) by inserting after Podiatrist grade. the following: Therapeutic medical physicist grade. . (d) Personnel administration Section 7421(b) of such title is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and (2) by inserting, after paragraph (8), the following 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 appears; (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 podiatrists . (2) Administrative matters Section 7433 of such title is amended by inserting therapeutic 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 sections 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 include the following: (1) The effects of an increase in pay for therapeutic medical physicists employed on a full-time basis within the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) The effects on therapeutic medical physicists who provide care pursuant to an agreement with the Secretary. (3) Any change to costs to the Department.