,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjbe,mr4  
,hamadeh of ,arizona 7for himself and   
,ms4 ,budzinski7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide for a time    
frame for the employment in the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs of    
participants in the ,health             
,professionals ,scholarship ,program1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,health ,professionals ,scholarship     
,program ,improvement ,act of #bjbe or  
the ,,hpsp ,improvement ,act of #bjbe4  
#b4 ,time frame for employment of       
participants in ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs ,health ,professionals        
,scholarship ,program  7a7 in general   
,section #gfaf of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following new subsection3   

7d7 ,not later than #ij days after the  
course completion date of a participant 
in the ,scholarship ,program1 the       
,secretary shall ensure that the        
participant receives a contract for     
employment in the full-time clinical    
practice of such participant's          
profession at a ,department facility    
with the highest need1 as determined by 
the ,secretary4 ,such contract shall    
include a competitive salary and        
benefits package consistent with the    
employment standards of the ,department4
  4  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not 
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 and every   
#ahj days thereafter until the          
termination date specified in paragraph 
7#b71 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall submit to the ,committees
 on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate  
and ,house of ,representatives a report 
on the implementation of subsection 7d7 
of section #gfaf of title #ch1 ,united  
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   

7a74  7#b7 ,termination date ,the       
termination date specified in this      
paragraph is ,september #cj1 #bjbg4