[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4150 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4150


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2016

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to modify the hours of employment of physicians 
  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 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)(A) Upon the advance written request of a covered physician, 
the Secretary may modify the hours of employment for a physician 
appointed in the Administration under any provision of this chapter on 
a full-time basis to be more or less than 80 hours in a biweekly pay 
period, subject to the requirements in subparagraph (B). For the 
purpose of determining pay, such a physician shall be deemed to have a 
biweekly schedule of 80 hours of employment.
    ``(B) A physician with an irregular work schedule established under 
subparagraph (A) shall be obligated to account for at least 2,080 hours 
of employment (through performance of work or use of leave or paid time 
off) in a calendar year.
    ``(C) The Secretary may prescribe regulations to implement this 
paragraph, including regulations making adjustments to address the 
annual hours requirement for physicians who are covered by this 
paragraph for only a portion of a calendar year.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 6, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.