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To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

H. R. 2846 To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

Introduced Apr 10, 2025

Latest action (Oct 3, 2025) Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 280.

Referred to
Energy and Commerce Committee
Policy area
Health
Issues
DefenseHealthcare
Legislative subjects (4)
Employee leaveGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHealth personnelNational and community service

Summary

The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend to commissioned officers of the Public Health Service the same leave provisions that are provided to commissioned officers of the Army under federal law. Currently, Public Health Service officers have their own separate leave rules under Section 219 of the Public Health Service Act. The bill eliminates those separate rules and instead makes Public Health Service commissioned officers eligible for the leave benefits available to Army officers. This change applies to the officers and their beneficiaries.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Chrissy Houlahan’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • NULL $12,234
  • GOOGLE $8,350
  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $7,450
  • SKADDEN ARPS $7,418
  • LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP $7,350

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Chrissy Houlahan → · Outside spending →

Actions (9)
  1. Oct 3, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 280. · house
  2. Oct 3, 2025 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-327. · house
  3. Sep 17, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0. · house
  4. Sep 17, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  5. Sep 10, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. · house
  6. Sep 10, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  7. Sep 10, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
  8. Apr 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
  9. Apr 10, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5304 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4275 — Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 524 — Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 3358 — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3636 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Defense verifies that health care professionals of the military departments are appropriately licensed. · Introduced May 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • S 1440 — Uniformed Services Leave Parity Act · Passed Senate Oct 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 5189 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to require biennial assessments on the nutrition standards of the military departments, and for other purposes. · Introduced Sep 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 4333 — Qualified to Serve Act · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 4379 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense to issue regulations providing for the reimbursement of certain educational expenses for students determined to be medically ineligible for continued participation in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps. · Introduced Jul 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 984 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely equitable relief to an individual who suffers a loss based on an administrative error by the Secretary, and for other purposes. · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (2)
  • Reported in House · Oct 3, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Apr 10, 2025

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 10, 2025

Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

October 3, 2025

Additional sponsors: Ms. Norton, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Ms. Tokuda

October 3, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

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

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF LEAVE PROVISIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

(a) In General.—Section 221(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(22) Chapter 40, Leave.”.

(b) Conforming Repeal.—Section 219 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210-1) is repealed. Union Calendar No. 280

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2846

[Report No. 119-327]

A BILL

To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

October 3, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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