‘‘(2) The higher level review, if requested. 
‘‘(3) The recommendations of the performance 
review board. 
‘‘(4) The final summary review. 
‘‘(5) The review of the Inspector General of the 
Department of the information described in para-
graphs (1) through (4). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION
OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE POSI-
TION.—In this section, the term ‘senior executive position’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 713(g)(3) of 
this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘717. Senior executives: performance appraisal.’’. 
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
4312(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) that, in the case of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, the performance appraisal 
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system meets the requirements of section 716 
of title 38.’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF SES MANAGEMENT TRAINING.— 
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall enter into a contract with 
a nongovernmental entity to review the management 
training program for individuals employed in senior 
executive positions (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 713(g)(3) of title 38, United States Code) of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs that is being 
provided as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Such review shall include a comparison of the train-
ing provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
to the management training provided for senior ex-
ecutives of other Federal departments and agencies 
and to the management training provided to senior 
executives in the private sector. The contract shall 
provide that the nongovernmental entity must com-
plete and submit to the Secretary a report con-
taining the findings and conclusions of the review by 
not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
Secretary and the nongovernmental entity enter into 
the contract. 
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(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date on which the Secretary receives 
the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives the report 
together with a plan for carrying out the rec-
ommendations contained in the report. 
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE 
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding after section 
717 (as added by section 3) the following new section: 
‘‘§ 719. Administrative leave limitation and report 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE 
SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—(1) The Secretary may not 
place any covered individual on administrative leave, or 
any other type of paid non-duty status, for more than a 
total of 14 days during any 365-day period. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may waive the limitation under 
paragraph (1) and extend the administrative leave or other 
paid non-duty status of a covered individual placed on 
such leave or status under paragraph (1) if the Secretary 
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submits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives a detailed expla-
nation of the reasons the individual was placed on admin-
istrative leave or other paid non-duty status and the rea-
sons for the extension of such leave or status. Such expla-
nation shall include the name of the covered individual, 
the location where the individual is employed, and the indi-
vidual’s job title. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘covered individual’ 
means an individual (as defined in section 713(g)(1)) oc-
cupying a senior executive position (as defined in section 
714(g)(3))— 
‘‘(A) who is subject to an investigation for pur-
poses of determining whether such individual should 
be subject to any disciplinary action under this title 
or title 5; or 
‘‘(B) against whom any disciplinary action is 
proposed or initiated under this title or title 5. 
‘‘(b) REPORT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.—(1) Not 
later than 30 days after the end of each quarter of any 
calendar year, the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report listing the name of any employee 
of the Department (if any) who has been placed on admin-
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istrative leave, or any other type of paid non-duty status, 
for a period longer than 7 days during such quarter. 
‘‘(2) Any report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to any employee listed in such report, 
the position occupied by the employee, the number of days 
of such leave, and the reason that such employee was 
placed on such leave.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE LIMITATION.—Sec-
tion 719(a) of title 38, United States Code (as 
added by subsection (a)), shall apply to any action 
of removal or transfer under section 713 of such 
title or title 5, United States Code, commencing on 
or after the date of enactment of this section. 
(2) REPORT.—The report under section 719(b) 
of such title (as added by subsection (a)) shall begin 
to apply in the quarter that ends after the date that 
is 6 months after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘719. Administrative leave limitation and report.’’. 
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