Sec. 718. AUTHORIZATION OF PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION AT UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES TO CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

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## SEC. 718 AUTHORIZATION OF PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION AT UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES TO CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES Section 2114(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by striking “The Secretary of Defense” and inserting “(1) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,”; and ####

(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(2) > > > #####

(A)> > A covered employee whose employment or service with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Public Health Service, or Coast Guard (as applicable) is in a position relevant to national security or health sciences may receive instruction at the University within the scope of such employment or service. > > > ##### “(B) > > If a covered employee receives instruction at the University pursuant to subparagraph (A), the head of the Federal agency concerned shall reimburse the University for the cost of providing such instruction to the covered employee. Amounts received by the University under this subparagraph shall be retained by the University to defray the costs of such instruction. > > > ##### “(C) > > Notwithstanding subsections

(b)through

(e)and subsection (i), the head of the Federal agency concerned shall determine the service obligations of the covered employee receiving instruction at the University pursuant to subparagraph

(A)in accordance with applicable law. > > > ##### “(D) > > In this paragraph— > > > ###### “(i) > > the term ‘covered employee’ means an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a civilian employee of the Public Health Service, a member of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, a member of the Coast Guard, or a civilian employee of the Coast Guard; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > the term ‘head of the Federal agency concerned’ means the head of the Federal agency that employs, or has jurisdiction over the uniformed service of, a covered employee permitted to receive instruction at the University under subparagraph

(A)in the relevant position described in such subparagraph.” > .