,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #didi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjai,mr4 ,bost 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cunningham1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4      
,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4        
,calvert1 and ,ms4 ,stefanik7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs to establish      
qualifications for the human resources  
positions within the ,veterans ,health  
,administration of the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,va ,hospitals     
,establishing ,leadership ,performance  
,act4  #b4 ,qualifications for human    
resources positions within the ,veterans
 ,health ,administration of the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,establishment of qualifications ,not   
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         

,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall--
  7#a7 establish qualifications for each
 human resources position within the    
,veterans ,health ,administration of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs2     
7#b7 establish standardized performance 
metrics for each such position2 and     
7#c7 submit to ,congress a report       
containing the qualifications and       
standardized performance metrics        
established under paragraphs 7#a7 and   
7#b74  7b7 ,report ,not later than #ahj 
days after the establishment of the     
qualifications and performance metrics  
under subsection 7a71 the ,comptroller  
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to the ,committee on ,veterans'  
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate a    
report containing--  7#a7 a description 
of the implementation of such           
qualifications and performance metrics2 
and  7#b7 an assessment of the quality  
of such qualifications and performance  

metrics4  #c4 ,no additional funds      
authorized ,no additional funds are     
authorized to be appropriated to carry  
out the requirements of this ,act4 ,such
 requirements shall be carried out using
 amounts otherwise authorized to be     
appropriated4