Public Health Service Ready Reserve Improvement Act of 2021
This bill entitles members of the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service to certain rights and benefits concerning leave and pay that are provided to members of the Army Reserve and the National Guard who are employed by the federal government or the government of the District of Columbia. The Ready Reserve Corps provides trained personnel to respond to health emergencies and improve access to health services.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to entitle Members of the Ready 
   Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service to certain rights and 
      benefits that are provided for members of the Army Reserve.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Health Service Ready Reserve 
Improvement Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWING MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE CORPS OF THE PUBLIC 
              HEALTH SERVICE TO HOLD CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS.

    Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Permitting Dual Employment; Leave for Reserve Service.--
Members of the Ready Reserve Corps are entitled to the same rights and 
benefits provided for members of the Army Reserve under the following 
provisions of title 5, United States Code:
            ``(1) Section 5534 (relating to dual employment and pay of 
        Reserves and National Guardsmen).
            ``(2) Section 6323 (relating to military leave; Reserves 
        and National Guardsmen).''.
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Public Health Service Ready Reserve Improvement Act of 2021
To amend the Public Health Service Act to entitle Members of the Ready Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service to certain rights and benefits that are provided for members of the Army Reserve.
Public Health Service Ready Reserve Improvement Act of 2021
Rep. Luria, Elaine G.