,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bede  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf1     
#bjad ,ms4 ,ayotte 7for herself and     
,mrs4 ,mc,caskill7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs to revoke bonuses paid to      
employees involved in electronic wait   
list manipulations1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,return of bonuses       
awarded to employees of ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs for performance they 
misrepresented  7a7 ,investigations ,not
 later than #ahj days after the date on 
which the ,inspector ,general of the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
submits to ,congress a report described 
in subsection 7b71 the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs shall identify each  
employee of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs who-- 7#a7 during any of      
fiscal years #bjaa through #bjad-- 7,a7 

contributed to the purposeful omission  
of the name of one or more veterans     
waiting for health care from an         
electronic wait list for a medical      
facility of the ,department identified  
by the ,inspector ,general in such      
report2 or  7,b7 was the supervisor of  
an employee of the ,department1 or was a
 supervisor of that supervisor1 at any  
level1 who contributed to a purposeful  
omission as described in subparagraph   
7,a7 and knew1 or reasonably should have
 known1 that the employee contributed to
 such purposeful omission2 and  7#b7    
received a bonus in part because of such
 omission4  7b7 ,reports described ,a   
report described in this subsection is a
 report submitted to ,congress by the   
,inspector ,general in calendar year    
#bjad that identifies medical facilities
 of the ,department at which scheduling 
practices in use1 or formerly in use1   
did not comply with scheduling policies 
and procedures of the ,department4  7c7 
,identification ,the ,secretary shall   

identify employees contributing to an   
omission described in subsection 7a77#a7
 without regard to whether the employee 
knowingly contributed to such omission  
or contributed to such omission for the 
purpose of receiving a bonus4  7d7      
,repayment  7#a7 ,in general ,for each  
employee identified under subsection 7a7
 who received a bonus as described in   
such subsection1 the ,secretary shall1  
after notice and an opportunity for a   
hearing1 issue an order directing the   
employee to repay the amount of such    
bonus4  7#b7 ,hearings ,a hearing under 
this subsection shall be conducted in   
accordance with regulations relating to 
hearings promulgated by the ,secretary  
under chapter #ge of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,appeal  7,a7 ,in  
general ,an employee against whom an    
order is issued under paragraph 7#a7 may
 appeal to the ,merit ,systems          
,protection ,board under section #ggja  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4     
7,b7 ,scope of review ,a review of an   

appeal by the ,merit ,systems           
,protection ,board under subparagraph   
7,a7 shall be based on the record       
established through the appellant's     
hearing conducted under paragraph 7#b74 
7,c7 ,standard of review ,the ,merit    
,systems ,protection ,board shall set   
aside an order issued under paragraph   
7#a7 if the issuing of the order was    
clearly erroneous or the result of a    
denial of procedural due process4