IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1690 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 25, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report 
regarding performance awards and bonuses awarded to 
certain high-level employees of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Bonus Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND 
BONUSES 
AWARDED 
TO 
CERTAIN 
HIGH- 
LEVEL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 717 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 718. Annual report on performance awards and bo-
nuses awarded to certain high-level em-
ployees 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a report that con-
tains, for the most recent fiscal year ending before the 
submittal of the report, a description of the performance 
awards and bonuses awarded to Regional Office Directors 
of the Department, Directors of Medical Centers of the 
Department, Directors of Veterans Integrated Service 
Networks, and any other individual employed in a senior 
executive position. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include the following with respect to each 
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performance award or bonus awarded to an individual de-
scribed in such subsection: 
‘‘(1) The amount of each award or bonus. 
‘‘(2) The job title of the individual awarded the 
award or bonus. 
‘‘(3) The location where the individual awarded 
the award or bonus works. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘individual’ means— 
‘‘(A) a career appointee (as that term is 
defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5); or 
‘‘(B) any individual who occupies an ad-
ministrative or executive position and who was 
appointed under section 7306(a) or section 
7401(1) of this title. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘senior executive position’ 
means— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to a career appointee (as 
that term is defined in section 3132(a)(4) of 
title 5), a Senior Executive Service position (as 
such term is defined in section 3132(a)(2) of 
title 5); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to an individual ap-
pointed under section 7306(a) or section 
7401(1) of this title, an administrative or exec-
utive position.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 717 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘718. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain 
high-level employees.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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