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Union Calendar No. 181 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 

[Report No. 115–249] 

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 

JULY 24, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. MESSER

JULY 24, 2017 

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 March 22, 2017] 


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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. 


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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 Veterans 

5 Affairs Bonus Transparency Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND 

7 BONUSES AWARDED TO CERTAIN HIGH-LEVEL 

8 EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET9 ERANS AFFAIRS. 

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

11 Code, is amended by inserting after section 717 the fol12 lowing new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 718. Annual report on performance awards and bo14 nuses awarded to certain high-level em15 ployees 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

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

18 appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains, 

19 for the most recent fiscal year ending before the submittal 

20 of the report, a description of the performance awards and 

21 bonuses awarded to Regional Office Directors of the Depart22 ment, Directors of Medical Centers of the Department, Di23 rectors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks, and any 

24 other individual employed in a senior executive position. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub2 section (a) shall include the following with respect to each 

3 performance award or bonus awarded to an individual de4 scribed in such subsection: 

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

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

7 award or bonus. 

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

9 the award or bonus works. 

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

11 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate committees of Con12 gress’ means— 

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

14 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

15 Senate; and 

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

17 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

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

20 ‘‘(A) a career appointee (as that term is de21 fined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5); or 

22 ‘‘(B) any individual who occupies an ad23 ministrative or executive position and who was 

24 appointed under section 7306(a) or section 

25 7401(1) of this title. 


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

2 means— 

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

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

5 5), a Senior Executive Service position (as such 

6 term is defined in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) with respect to an individual ap9 pointed under section 7306(a) or section 7401(1) 

10 of this title, an administrative or executive posi11 tion.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

13 the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by in14 serting after the item relating to section 717 the following 

15 new item: 

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


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Union Calendar No. 181 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 

[Report No. 115–249] 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs. bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees annual report regarding performance awards and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an 

JULY 24, 2017 

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


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