,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bedj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,cartwright 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,rooney1
 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,ms4 ,jenkins1 ,mr4      
,cassidy1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,ms4     
,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 and ,ms4   
,duckworth7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to improve the authority 
of the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs 
to hire psychiatrists4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,expedited ,hiring for ,,va ,trained    
,psychiatrists ,act of #bjac4  #b4      
,appointment of psychiatrists by        
,veterans ,health ,administration  7a7  
,in general ,chapter #gd of title #ch1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
inserting after section #gdjf the       
following new section3  #gdjf;,a4       
,appointment of certain psychiatrists   
who complete residencies  7a7 ,in       

general  7#a7 ,subject to subsection    
7b71 the ,secretary may appoint1 without
 regard to civil service or             
classification laws a psychiatrist who  
completes a residency under section     
#gdjf of this title to a position under 
section #gdja or #gdje immediately after
 such residency1 if the psychiatrist    
meets the qualifications established in 
regulations prescribed by the ,secretary
 for such position4  7#b7 ,the          
,secretary may begin the process of     
appointing a psychiatrist under         
paragraph 7#a7 before the psychiatrist  
completes a residency4  7b7 ,positions  
permitted ,the ,secretary may appoint a 
psychiatrist under subsection 7a7 if the
 position to which the psychiatrist is  
appointed has been unfilled for not less
 than #ce days as of the date of the    
appointment4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment
 ,the table of sections at the beginning
 of such chapter is amended by inserting
 after the item relating to section     
#gdjf the following new item3  #gdjf;,a4

 ,appointment of certain psychiatrists  
who complete residencies4  4