Title: Veterans Health Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Veterans Health Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to publish and submit to Congress an annual report regarding efforts to recruit, hire, and retain Veterans Health Administration nurses.
Such report shall include details regarding: (1) efforts to recruit, hire, and retain nurses at each VA medical facility, (2) VA resources provided for such efforts, and (3) recommendations for appropriate legislation.
The Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 is amended to restore the annual Educational Assistance Program reporting requirement.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3933 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3933

  To establish and reinstate certain reporting requirements regarding 
efforts to recruit, hire, and retain health care professionals for the 
                    Veterans Health Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 3, 2017

Mr. Renacci (for himself and Mr. Kilmer) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish and reinstate certain reporting requirements regarding 
efforts to recruit, hire, and retain health care professionals for the 
                    Veterans Health Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Health Nurse Recruitment 
and Retention Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING THE RECRUITMENT, HIRING, AND RETENTION 
              OF NURSES FOR THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall publish and submit to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report regarding efforts to recruit, hire, and retain nurses for the 
Veterans Health Administration.
    (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include 
details relating to--
            (1) efforts to recruit, hire, and retain nurses at each 
        medical facility of the Department;
            (2) resources provided by the Secretary to recruit, hire, 
        and retain nurses for the Veterans Health Administration; and
            (3) recommendations for legislation the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.

SEC. 3. REINSTATEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 3003(a)(1) of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset 
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-66; 31 U.S.C. 1113 note) shall not apply to 
the report required under section 7632 of title 38, United States Code.
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