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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6740 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify pay rates for certain 
Senior Executive Service employees at the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2025 
Mr. FLOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify pay rates 
for certain Senior Executive Service employees at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Affairs 
Transparency and Reform of the Upper Senior Tenure 
Act’’ or the ‘‘VA TRUST Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PAY FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS. 
(a) REPORTS ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND BO-
NUSES TO HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEES.—Section 726(b) of 
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title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) The appropriations accounts from which 
amounts were used to pay such an award or bonus. 
‘‘(5) The annual basic rate of pay for each indi-
vidual awarded the award or bonus.’’. 
(b) PAY FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 7 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 729. Pay for senior executive positions 
‘‘(a) RATES OF PAY.—Any individual appointed to a 
senior executive position within the Department shall re-
ceive the annual rate of basic pay applicable to such a 
position, as determined by the Secretary, in accordance 
with the pay ranges, structure, and aggregate limitations 
established for the Senior Executive Service under sub-
chapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, including section 
5382. 
‘‘(b) CAREER APPOINTEES TRANSFERRING FROM 
OTHER AGENCIES.—Any career appointee who transfers 
from another agency to a senior executive position at the 
Department shall receive the annual rate of basic pay ap-
plicable to such position, as determined by the Secretary 
under subsection (a), and such rate shall be consistent 
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with the individual’s performance and pay level under sec-
tions 5383 and 5384 of title 5. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFERS WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT.—If 
any individual occupying a senior executive position at the 
Department transfers or otherwise moves to another sen-
ior executive position within the Department, the indi-
vidual shall, effective on the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning after the date that the individual first occu-
pies such other position, receive the rate of basic pay es-
tablished by the Secretary for that position under sub-
section (a). The Secretary may adjust such rate only to 
the extent authorized under section 5382 or 5383 of title 
5. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘ca-
reer appointee’ and ‘senior executive position’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 3132(a) of title 5.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such subchapter is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘729. Pay for senior executive positions.’’. 
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