,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ig  #aaeth 
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dfg 
,report ,no4 #aae-adi1 ,part ,i  ,,in   
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,january #ab1 #bjag ,mrs4 ,walorski     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,may #bc1 #bjag ,additional sponsors3   
,ms4 ,sinema and ,mr4 ,young of ,iowa   
,may #bc1 #bjag ,reported from the      
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,may 
#bc1 #bjag ,the ,committee on ,oversight
 and ,government ,reform discharged2    
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to ensure that each  

medical facility of the ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs complies with        
requirements relating to scheduling     
veterans for health care appointments1  
to improve the uniform application of   
directives of the ,department1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,va           
,scheduling ,accountability ,act4  #b4  
,compliance with scheduling requirements
  7a7 ,annual certification  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the ,secretary of ,veterans    
,affairs shall ensure that the director 
of each medical facility of the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
annually certifies to the ,secretary    
that the medical facility is in full    
compliance with all provisions of law   
and regulations relating to scheduling  
appointments for veterans to receive    
hospital care and medical services1     
including pursuant to ,veterans ,health 
,administration ,directive #bjaj-jbg1 or
 any successor directive4  7#b7         
,prohibition on waiver ,the ,secretary  

may not waive any provision of the laws 
or regulations described in paragraph   
7#a7 for a medical facility of the      
,department if such provision otherwise 
applies to the medical facility4  7b7   
,explanation of noncompliance ,if a     
director of a medical facility of the   
,department does not make a             
certification under subsection 7a77#a7  
for any year1 the director shall submit 
to the ,secretary a report containing-- 
7#a7 an explanation of why the director 
is unable to make such certification2   
and  7#b7 a description of the actions  
the director is taking to ensure full   
compliance with the laws and regulations
 described in such subsection4  7c7     
,prohibition on bonuses based on        
noncompliance  7#a7 ,in general ,if a   
director of a medical facility of the   
,department does not make a             
certification under subsection 7a77#a7  
for any year1 each covered official     
described in paragraph 7#b7 may not     
receive an award or bonus under chapter 

#de or #ec of title #e1 ,united ,states 
,code1 or any other award or bonus      
authorized under such title or title    
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 during the  
year following the year in which the    
certification was not made4  7#b7       
,covered official ,a covered official   
described in this paragraph is each     
official who serves in the following    
positions at a medical facility of the  
,department during a year1 or portion   
thereof1 for which the director does not
 make a certification under subsection  
7a77#a73  7,a7 ,the director4  7,b7 ,the
 chief of staff4  7,c7 ,the associate   
director4  7,d7 ,the associate director 
for patient care4  7,e7 ,the deputy     
chief of staff4  7d7 ,annual report ,the
 ,secretary shall annually submit to the
 ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representative and the   
,senate a report containing1 with       
respect to the year covered by the      
report--  7#a7 a list of each medical   
facility of the ,department for which a 

certification was made under subsection 
7a77#a72 and  7#b7 a list of each       
medical facility of the ,department for 
which such a certification was not made1
 including a copy of each report        
submitted to the ,secretary under       
subsection 7b74  #c4 ,standardized      
application of directives and policies  
of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of      
,veterans ,affairs shall ensure that the
 directives and policies of the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs apply 
to1 and are implemented by1 each office 
or facility of the ,department in a     
standardized manner1 including such     
offices and facilities at the local     
level4  7b7 ,notification ,if the       
,secretary does not apply and implement 
the directives and policies of the      
,department in a standardized manner    
pursuant to subsection 7a71 including by
 waiving such a directive or policy with
 respect to an office or facility of the
 ,department1 the ,secretary shall      

notify the ,committees on ,veterans'    
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,senate of such
 nonstandardized application or         
implementation1 including an explanation
 for the nonstandardized application or 
implementation1 as the case may be4     
,may #bc1 #bjag ,reported from the      
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs,may   
#bc1 #bjag,the ,committee on ,oversight 
and ,government ,reform discharged2     
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed