This bill would give Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers (and their families) the same leave benefits that Army officers get under federal law. It does this by applying the Armed Forces leave rules in Title 10, Chapter 40 to Public Health Service officers. It also removes an older section of the Public Health Service Act to line up with the new approach.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and their beneficiaries.
• What changes: The leave rules used for Army officers in Title 10, Chapter 40 would also apply to these officers; an older, conflicting section of the law is repealed (42 U.S.C. 210–1).