To provide temporary authority to the Secretary of Defense to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to military health system positions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9458
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2022-12-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to medical or health profession positions in the civil service within the military health system.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9458 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 7, 2022 Mr. Kilmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To provide temporary authority to the Secretary of Defense to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to military health system positions, and for other purposes.

1. Temporary authority to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to Military Health System positions Section 1108 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking subsection (b) and inserting subsection (b) or (c) ; (2) in the heading for subsection (b), by striking Positions and inserting Defense industrial base facility positions ; (3) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; (4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Military health system positions The positions in the Department described in this subsection are medical or health profession positions in the civil service within the military health system. ; and (5) by amending subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section) to read as follows: (f) Definitions In this section— (1) the term civil service has the meaning given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the term medical or health profession positions means any position listed under any of paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of section 7401 of title 38, United States Code; and (3) the terms member and Secretary concerned have the meaning given those terms in section 101 of title 37, United States Code. .