,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fce  #aadth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#daej  ,report ,no4 #aad-haa  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,december #a1 #bjae ,mr4 ,ruiz 7for     
himself and ,mr4 ,wenstrup7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,november #ad1 #bjaf;,additional      
sponsor3 ,mr4 ,schrader  ,november #ad1 
#bjaf ,reported with an amendment1      
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed       
,strike out all after the enacting      
clause and insert the part printed in   
italic ,for text of introduced bill1 see
 copy of bill as introduced on ,december
 #a1 #bjae  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to allow the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to    
modify the hours of employment of       
physicians and physician assistants     
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 and physician assistants    
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 ,the ,secretary may    
modify the hours of employment for a    
physician or physician assistant        
appointed in the ,administration under  
any provision of this chapter on a      
full-time basis to be more than or less 
than #hj hours in a biweekly pay period 
if the total hours of employment for    
such employee in a calendar year does   
not exceed #b1jhj hours4 ,no physician  
or physician assistant may accrue       
overtime by reason of modified hours of 

employment authorized under this        
paragraph4  4  ,november #ad1 #bjaf     
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed