Hannah Cvancara Service Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7405 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7405

To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of an 
individual from assignment to a medical personnel position of the Armed 
Forces on the basis of the amputation of the individual, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2024

  Mrs. Rodgers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of an 
individual from assignment to a medical personnel position of the Armed 
Forces on the basis of the amputation of the individual, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hannah Cvancara Service Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM ASSIGNMENT AS 
              MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF ARMED FORCES ON BASIS OF AMPUTATION.

    Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section (and conforming the table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter accordingly):
``Sec. 989. Prohibition on exclusion of individuals from assignment as 
              medical personnel on basis of amputation
    ``(a) Prohibition.--Neither the Secretary of Defense nor the 
Secretary concerned may prohibit the assignment of an individual to a 
medical personnel position, including by prohibiting the accession of 
such individual into the Armed Forces for such assignment, on the basis 
that the individual has an amputated limb (regardless of whether such 
amputated limb is the result of a service-connected illness or injury) 
if the individual otherwise meets such physical fitness and other 
standards as may be required for such accession.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `medical personnel' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 115a(e) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `service-connected' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of title 38.''.
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