National Military Civilian Medical Surge Program Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6510 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6510 To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to establish the Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 9, 2025 Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to establish the Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program. 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 ``National Military Civilian Medical Surge Program Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. MILITARY-CIVILIAN MEDICAL SURGE PROGRAM. Section 1096 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end the following: ``; medical surge program''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(e) Medical Surge Program.--(1) The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall carry out a program of record known as the Military-Civilian Medical Surge Program to-- ``(A) support locations that the Secretary of Defense selects under paragraph (3)(B); and ``(B) enhance the interoperability and medical surge capability and capacity of the National Disaster Medical System in response to a declaration or other action described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (4). ``(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Institute for Defense Health Cooperation at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (or such successor center), shall oversee the management, staffing, and deployment of the Program,