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<dc:title>118 HR 7713 IH: VA Political Performance Disclosure Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-03-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7713</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240319">March 19, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001301">Mr. Bergman</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress the annual performance plans for Department of Veterans Affairs political appointees.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H08DE07B8A8DF4EE49C38CC224A820E62" style="OLC"><section id="H6DAAA8F205A2420EB3D099FC8B4AE40F" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>VA Political Performance Disclosure Act</short-title></quote>. </text></section><section id="H6F5F8E7893794144B90F2E74B3A78EF4"><enum>2.</enum><header>Submission to Congress of annual performance plans for Department of Veterans Affairs political appointees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 725 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="H97957C0C30F54C4C8AD8FE31F5E87B16"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBC6586FED92647E68202C812864B965A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="H14C8B43F94E246098460DE767C738D78" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HBD3A595A857B4F468F6369EADBFC5D98"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the completion of an annual performance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit the plan to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

