,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 #bjae
 ,ms4 ,hirono introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,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  4