,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #beeg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjai,mr4   
,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york   
7for himself1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 ,ms4      
,titus1 ,mr4 ,young1 ,ms4 ,kuster of    
,new ,hampshire1 and ,mrs4 ,lee of      
,nevada7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to improve the recruitment of physicians
 in the ,department of ,veterans        
,affairs4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,get ,veterans a    
,doctor ,now ,act4  #b4 ,recruitment of 
physicians in ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#gdjb7;b77#a7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by    
inserting or to be offered a contingent 
appointment to such position1 after     
position12 and  7#b7 by striking        
subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting the     
following new subparagraph 7,b73  7,b7  

7i7 have completed a residency program  
satisfactory to the ,secretary2 or  7ii7
 with respect to an offer for a         
contingent appointment upon the         
completion of a post-graduate training  
program1 complete such a residency      
program by not later than two years     
after the date of such offer2 and  4    
7b7 ,oversight of graduate medical      
education programs ,the ,secretary      
shall-- 7#a7 ensure that a recruiter or 
other similar official of each ,veterans
 ,integrated ,service ,network visits1  
not less than annually1 each allopathic 
and osteopathic teaching institution    
with a graduate medical education       
program within the ,network to recruit  
individuals to be appointed to positions
 in the ,veterans ,health               
,administration2 and  7#b7 submit to    
,congress an annual report on the       
implementation of paragraph 7#a71       
including the success of such recruiting
 efforts4