[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4150 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4150

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of physicians and 
physician assistants employed on a full-time basis by the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2015

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of physicians and 
physician assistants employed on a full-time basis by the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Emergency Medical Staffing Recruitment and Retention Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR PHYSICIANS AND 
              PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 7423(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a) The hours'' and inserting ``(a)(1) 
        Except as provided in paragraph (2), the hours''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) The Secretary may modify the hours of employment for a 
physician or physician assistant appointed in the Administration under 
any provision of this chapter on a full-time basis to be more than or 
less than 80 hours in a biweekly pay period if the total hours of 
employment for such employee in a calendar year does not exceed 2,080 
hours.''.
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