(5) the total number of employees who volun-
tarily separated from the Department and the num-
ber and percentage of whom took the exit survey 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 13. ENCOURAGING TRANSITION OF MILITARY MED-
ICAL PROFESSIONALS INTO EMPLOYMENT 
WITH VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a 
program to encourage an individual who serves in the 
Armed Forces with a military occupational specialty relat-
ing to the provision of health care to seek employment 
with the Veterans Health Administration when the indi-
vidual has been discharged or released from service in the 
Armed Forces or is contemplating separating from such 
service. 
SEC. 14. PLAN TO HIRE DIRECTORS OF MEDICAL CENTERS 
OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall develop and implement a plan to hire highly 
qualified directors for each medical center of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs that lacks a permanent director 
as of the date of the plan. The Secretary shall prioritize 
the hiring of such directors for the medical centers that 
have not had a permanent director for the longest periods.
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan developed under 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A deadline to hire the directors of the med-
ical centers of the Department as described in such 
subsection. 
(2) Identification of the possible impediments to 
such hiring. 
(3) Identification of opportunities to promote 
and train candidates from within the Department to 
senior executive positions in the Department, includ-
ing as directors of medical centers. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate the plan developed 
under subsection (a). 
(d) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each 
180-day period thereafter until January 1, 2018, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a list of 
each medical center of the Department that lacks a per-
manent director as of the date of the report.
SEC. 15. RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS IN DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7402(b)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or to be offered a contingent 
appointment to such position,’’ after ‘‘position,’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B)(i) have completed a residency program 
satisfactory to the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an offer for a contingent 
appointment upon the completion of a post-graduate 
training program, complete such a residency pro-
gram by not later than 2 years after the date of 
such offer; and’’. 
(b) OVERSIGHT OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure that a recruiter or other similar offi-
cial of each Veterans Integrated Service Network 
visits, not less than annually, each allopathic and os-
teopathic teaching institution with a graduate med-
ical education program within the Network to re-
cruit individuals to be appointed to positions in the 
Veterans Health Administration; and
(2) submit to Congress an annual report on the 
implementation of paragraph (1), including the suc-
cess of such recruiting efforts. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1367 
AN ACT 
To improve the authority of the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and 
other employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes.