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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1256 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 795
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1256

                          [Report No. 118-946]

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health 
and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2023

  Mr. Mrvan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

                           December 24, 2024

                     Additional sponsor: Mr. Murphy

                           December 24, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           February 28, 2023]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health 
and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.

 

    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 ``Veterans Health Administration 
Leadership Transformation Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Term of Under Secretary.--Section 305(a)(1) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``An individual appointed to serve as the Under Secretary of 
Health shall be appointed for a term of five years.''.
    (b) Elimination of Certain Requirements for Assistant Under 
Secretaries.--Section 7306 of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b);
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as 
        subsections (b) through (f), respectively; and
            (3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 795

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1256

                          [Report No. 118-946]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in 
 the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health 
and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 24, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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