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.
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.

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

SECTION 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.''.
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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.
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.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
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.
Rep. Kilmer, Derek