; (B) the places to which such members are assigned are within a reasonable distance of the places to which the respective members were assigned or were to be assigned absent a waiver under this paragraph; and (C) the minimum number of hours required are the same as were required prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph. . 70508. Ready Reserve Corps (a) Commissioned corps and ready reserve corps Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 204 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency and inserting , for service in time of a public health or national emergency, a Ready Reserve Corps ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in the heading, by striking research and inserting Reserve Corps ; (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting during public health or national emergencies before the period; (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , consistent with paragraph (1) after shall ; (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting during such emergencies after members ; and (iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting , consistent with subparagraph (C) before the period; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (3) Statutory references to reserve A reference in any Federal statute, except in the case of subsection (b), to the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service or to the reserve of the Public Health Service shall be deemed to be a reference to the Ready Reserve Corps. . (b) Deployment readiness Section 203A(a)(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 204a(a)(1)(B) ) is amended by striking Active Reserves and inserting Ready Reserve Corps . (c) Retirement of commissioned officers Section 211 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 212 ) is amended— (1) by striking (in the case of an officer in the Reserve Corps) each place it appears; (2) by striking the Service each place it appears and inserting the Regular Corps