[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2256. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2372, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide outer burial receptacles for remains buried in National Parks, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 307. STRATEGY TO REDUCE DURATION OF HIRING PROCESS OF 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR LICENSED 
                   PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PROVIDERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to Congress a strategy to reduce the duration of 
     the hiring process of the Department of Veterans Affairs for 
     licensed professional medical providers by half.
       (b) Expedited Certification of Credentials.--The strategy 
     required by subsection (a) shall include a description of how 
     the overall certification of credentials process for licensed 
     professional medical providers can be expedited.
                                 ______