LEAD VA Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5732 To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility of establishing a pilot program to assign certain officers of the Armed Forces to serve as directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 30, 2020 Mr. MAST (for himself, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. ALLRED, and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tion of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility of establishing a pilot program to assign certain officers of the Armed Forces to serve as directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:36 Feb 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5732.IH H5732 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5732 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Leadership Evaluation 2 At Department of Veterans Affairs Act’’ or the ‘‘LEAD 3 VA Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR CER- 5 TAIN OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 6 SERVE AS DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENT OF 7 VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERS. 8 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense and the Sec- 9 retary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a study 10 to determine the feasibility of establishing a pilot program 11 under which the Secretaries assign officers of the Armed 12 Forces in the grade of O–6 to serve as directors of medical 13 centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a period 14 of three years. 15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 16 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 17 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to 18 the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep- 19 resentatives and the Senate and the Committees on Vet- 20 erans Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 21 Senate a report containing— 22 (1) the results of the study under subsection 23 (a); 24 (2) a recommendation as to whether the pilot 25 program should be established; and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:36 Feb 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5732.IH H5732 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5732 IH (3) if the establishment of the pilot program is 1 recommended, a plan for such establishment. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:36 Feb 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5732.IH H5732 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with BILLS