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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to submit an annual report regarding performance awards and 

bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2017 

Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CORREA, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 

FASO, Mr. JONES, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COLLINS

of New York, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report 

regarding performance awards and bonuses awarded to 

certain high-level employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND 

2 BONUSES AWARDED TO CERTAIN HIGH3 LEVEL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

4 VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 717 the 

7 following new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 718. Annual report on performance awards and bo9 nuses awarded to certain high-level em10 ployees 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

12 end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the 

13 appropriate committees of Congress a report that con14 tains, for the most recent fiscal year ending before the 

15 submittal of the report, a description of the performance 

16 awards and bonuses awarded to Regional Office Directors 

17 of the Department, Directors of Medical Centers of the 

18 Department, Directors of Veterans Integrated Service 

19 Networks, and any other individual employed in a senior 

20 executive position. 

21 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub22 section (a) shall include the following with respect to each 

23 performance award or bonus awarded to an individual de24 scribed in such subsection: 

25 ‘‘(1) The amount of each award or bonus. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The job title of the individual awarded the 

2 award or bonus. 

3 ‘‘(3) The location where the individual awarded 

4 the award or bonus works. 

5 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate committees of Con7 gress’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

9 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

10 Senate; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

12 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 ‘‘(2) The term ‘individual’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) a career appointee (as that term is 

16 defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5); or 

17 ‘‘(B) any individual who occupies an ad18 ministrative or executive position and who was 

19 appointed under section 7306(a) or section 

20 7401(1) of this title. 

21 ‘‘(3) The term ‘senior executive position’ 

22 means— 

23 ‘‘(A) with respect to a career appointee (as 

24 that term is defined in section 3132(a)(4) of 

25 title 5), a Senior Executive Service position (as 


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1 such term is defined in section 3132(a)(2) of 

2 title 5); and 

3 ‘‘(B) with respect to an individual ap4 pointed under section 7306(a) or section 

5 7401(1) of this title, an administrative or exec6 utive position.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by 

9 inserting after the item relating to section 717 the fol10 lowing new item: 

‘‘718. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain 

high-level employees.’’. 

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