{ "id": "RS20305", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "RS20305", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 102588, "date": "2001-12-12", "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:18:31.038941", "title": "The Office of Attending Physician in the U.S. Congress", "summary": "The Office of Attending Physician (OAP) was established by congressional resolution in 1928 to\nmeet\nthe medical needs of Members of Congress. (1) Over the years, the services\noffered by the office have\nexpanded. During the anthrax scare on Capitol Hill in 2001, it coordinated all the testing of the\nCapitol complex as well as the care and treatment of Members and staff who may have been exposed\nto the bacteria. The office has always been headed by a naval officer who is a physician. Six Navy\ndoctors have served as attending physician. (2) The staffing and funding of\nthe office have traditionally\nbeen shared by Congress and the Department of the Navy. For additional information, please refer\nto CRS Report 96-585, Health Benefits for Members of Congress. This report will be\nupdated if\nthere are major changes in the Office.\n 1. \u00a0Although there was no medical office for Congress until\n1928, an account of Senatorial privileges in 1911\ndescribed the \"readily accessible assortment of drugs and viands, tonics and recuperatives\" available\n[for\nSenators]. See Williard French, \"Senatorial Privileges and Expenses,\" The Independent ,\nJune 15, 1911, p.\n1304.\n 2. \u00a0They have included Drs. George Calver (1928-1966), Rufus\nPearson (1966-1973), Freeman Carey (1973-1986), William Narva (1986-1990), Robert Krasner\n(1990-1994), and the current physician, Dr. John Eisold,\nwho was appointed in 1995.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "encoding": null, "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/RS20305", "sha1": "cd31c3c87bca87fe6f029f98b620c679892f1255", "filename": "files/20011212_RS20305_cd31c3c87bca87fe6f029f98b620c679892f1255.pdf", "images": null }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20011212_RS20305_cd31c3c87bca87fe6f029f98b620c679892f1255.html" } ], "topics": [] } ], "topics": [ "American Law", "Economic Policy", "National Defense" ] }