,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bc1         
#bjba,mr4 ,braun 7for himself and ,ms4  
,hassan7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to identify and refer members  
of the ,armed ,forces with a health care
 occupation who are separating from the 
,armed ,forces for potential employment 
with the ,department of ,veterans       
,affairs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,hire ,veteran ,health ,heroes ,act 
of #bjba4  #b4 ,identification and      
referral of members of the ,armed       
,forces with a health care occupation   
for potential employment with the       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs during
 separation from the ,armed ,forces  7a7
 ,identification ,the ,secretary of     
,veterans ,affairs1 in consultation with
 the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall      
identify members of the ,armed ,forces  

in a health care occupation during the  
separation of such members from the     
,armed ,forces4  7b7 ,referral of       
interested individuals  7#a7 ,in general
 ,if a member of the ,armed ,forces     
identified under subsection 7a7         
expresses an interest in working in a   
health care occupation within the       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs1 the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
refer the member to a recruiter of the  
,department for consideration of open   
positions in the specialty and geography
 of interest of the member4  7#b7       
,timing ,any referral of a member of the
 ,armed ,forces conducted under         
paragraph 7#a7 shall be made not earlier
 than one year before the separation of 
the member from the ,armed ,forces4  7c7
 ,rule of construction ,any             
identification of a member of the ,armed
 ,forces under subsection 7a7 or        
referral of such member under subsection
 7b7 shall not be construed as a        
guarantee of employment of such member  

with the ,department of ,veterans       
,affairs4  7d7 ,reports ,not later than 
each of one year and two years after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,defense1 shall submit to the           
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report on the efficacy of the           
identification and referral of          
separating members of the ,armed ,forces
 under this section4  7e7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate     
committees of ,congress ,the term       
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services and the ,committee on         
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate2 and 
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
and the ,committee on ,veterans'        
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives4  7#b7 ,health care    
occupation ,the term health care        
occupation means an occupation for which
 an individual may be appointed for     

employment with the ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs under section #gdja  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4