[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1690 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1690


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 2017

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report regarding performance 
   awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees of 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 Bonus 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND BONUSES AWARDED TO 
              CERTAIN HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 717 the following new section:
``Sec. 718. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to 
              certain high-level employees
    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the end of each 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report that contains, for the most recent fiscal year 
ending before the submittal of the report, a description of the 
performance awards and bonuses awarded to Regional Office Directors of 
the Department, Directors of Medical Centers of the Department, 
Directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks, and any other 
individual employed in a senior executive position.
    ``(b) Elements.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include the following with respect to each performance award or bonus 
awarded to an individual described in such subsection:
            ``(1) The amount of each award or bonus.
            ``(2) The job title of the individual awarded the award or 
        bonus.
            ``(3) The location where the individual awarded the award 
        or bonus works.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `appropriate committees of Congress' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            ``(2) The term `individual' means--
                    ``(A) a career appointee (as that term is defined 
                in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5); or
                    ``(B) any individual who occupies an administrative 
                or executive position and who was appointed under 
                section 7306(a) or section 7401(1) of this title.
            ``(3) The term `senior executive position' means--
                    ``(A) with respect to a career appointee (as that 
                term is defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5), a 
                Senior Executive Service position (as such term is 
                defined in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5); and
                    ``(B) with respect to an individual appointed under 
                section 7306(a) or section 7401(1) of this title, an 
                administrative or executive position.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 717 the following new item:

``718. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to 
                            certain high-level employees.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.