,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #daej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #g1  
#bjaf,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
allow the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs to modify the hours of         
employment of physicians employed on a  
full-time basis by the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
,emergency ,medical ,staffing           
,recruitment and ,retention ,act4  #b4  
,modification of hours of employment for
 physicians employed by the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs ,section #gdbc7;a7
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 by striking 7a7 ,the   
hours and inserting 7a77#a7 ,except as  
provided in paragraph 7#b71 the hours2  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      
following new paragraph3  7#b7  7,a7    
,upon the advance written request of a  
covered physician1 the ,secretary may   

modify the hours of employment for a    
physician appointed in the              
,administration under any provision of  
this chapter on a full-time basis to be 
more or less than #hj hours in a        
biweekly pay period1 subject to the     
requirements in subparagraph 7,b74 ,for 
the purpose of determining pay1 such a  
physician shall be deemed to have a     
biweekly schedule of #hj hours of       
employment4  7,b7 ,a physician with an  
irregular work schedule established     
under subparagraph 7,a7 shall be        
obligated to account for at least #b1jhj
 hours of employment 7through           
performance of work or use of leave or  
paid time off7 in a calendar year4  7,c7
 ,the ,secretary may prescribe          
regulations to implement this paragraph1
 including regulations making           
adjustments to address the annual hours 
requirement for physicians who are      
covered by this paragraph for only a    
portion of a calendar year4  4  ,passed 
the ,house of ,representatives ,december

 #f1 #bjaf4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk