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—
in subsection (a), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (b) or (c)”;
in the heading for subsection (b), by striking “Positions” and inserting “Defense industrial base facility positions”;
by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;
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.”
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.”