,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,mast 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,allred1 and ,mr4        
,higgins of ,louisiana7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 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 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs to study the feasibility of   
establishing a pilot program to assign  
certain officers of the ,armed ,forces  
to serve as directors of medical centers
 of the ,department of ,veterans        
,affairs4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,leadership         
,evaluation ,at ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs ,act or the ,,lead ,,va ,act4 

#b4 ,feasibility study on pilot program 
for certain officers of the ,armed      
,forces to serve as directors of        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
medical centers  7a7 ,study ,the        
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
jointly conduct a study to determine the
 feasibility of establishing a pilot    
program under which the ,secretaries    
assign officers of the ,armed ,forces in
 the grade of ,o-#f to serve as         
directors of medical centers of the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for a 
period of three years4  7b7 ,report ,not
 later than #abj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
jointly submit to the ,committees on    
,armed ,services of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,senate and the
 ,committees on ,veterans ,affairs of   
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report containing--  7#a7 the 

results of the study under subsection   
7a72  7#b7 a recommendation as to       
whether the pilot program should be     
established2 and  7#c7 if the           
establishment of the pilot program is   
recommended1 a plan for such            
establishment4