IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5938 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the re-
cruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to 
satisfy the occupational needs of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, to establish and implement a training and 
certification program for intermediate care technicians 
in that Department, and for other purposes. 
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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 Serving Vet-
erans Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. RECRUITMENT DATABASE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 208 of the VA Choice 
and Quality Employment Act (Public Law 115–46; 38 
U.S.C. 701 note) is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter proceeding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘a single database’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and maintain a single searchable database 
(to be known as the ‘Departments of Defense 
and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database’)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) with respect to each vacant position under 
paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
‘‘(A) the military occupational specialty or 
skill that corresponds to the position, as deter-
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mined by the Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense; and 
‘‘(B) each qualified member of the Armed 
Forces who may be recruited to fill the position 
before such qualified member of the Armed 
Forces has been discharged and released from 
active duty.’’. 
(2) By redesignating subsections (b), (c), and 
(d) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively. 
(3) By inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the database established under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to each qualified member of the 
Armed Forces, the following information: 
‘‘(1) The name and contact information of the 
qualified member of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(2) The date on which the qualified member of 
the Armed Forces is expected to be discharged and 
released from active duty. 
‘‘(3) Each military occupational specialty cur-
rently or previously assigned to the qualified member 
of the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—Information in the database 
shall be available to offices, officials, and employees of the 
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‘‘(i) QUALIFIED MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘qualified member of 
the Armed Forces’ means a member of the Armed 
Forces— 
‘‘(1) described in section 1142(a) of title 10; 
‘‘(2) who elects to be listed in the database es-
tablished under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(3) who has been determined by the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to 
have a military occupational speciality that cor-
responds to a vacant position described in subsection 
(a).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a plan to implement, including a timeline, sec-
tion 208 of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act 
(Public Law 115–46; 38 U.S.C. 701 note), as amended 
by this section. 
SEC. 3. INTERMEDIATE CARE TECHNICIAN TRAINING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall implement a program to train and certify cov-
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ered veterans to work as intermediate care technicians in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) LOCATIONS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish centers at medical facilities of the Depart-
ment selected by the Secretary for the purposes of 
carrying out the program under subsection (a). 
(2) SELECTION
OF
MEDICAL
FACILITIES.—In 
selecting a medical facility of the Department under 
this subsection to serve as a center, the Secretary 
shall consider— 
(A) the experience and success of the facil-
ity in training intermediate care technicians; 
and 
(B) the availability of resources of the fa-
cility to train intermediate care technicians. 
(c) COVERED VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran whom the 
Secretary determines served as a basic health care techni-
cian while serving in the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 4. NO AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 208 of the VA Choice and 
Quality Employment Act (Public Law 115–46; 38 U.S.C. 
701 note), as amended by section 2 of this Act, or to carry 
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out section 3 of this Act. Such sections shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated for such purpose. 
SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out the requirements of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized to be 
appropriated. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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