,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #af1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,flood introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to modify pay rates for  
certain ,senior ,executive ,service     
employees at the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,veterans ,affairs  
,transparency and ,reform of the ,upper 
,senior ,tenure ,act or the ,,va ,,trust
 ,act4  #b4 ,pay for senior executive   
positions  7a7  ,reports on performance 
awards and bonuses to high-,level       
employees  ,section #gbf7;b7 of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
7#d7 ,the appropriations accounts from  
which amounts were used to pay such an  
award or bonus4  7#e7 ,the annual basic 
rate of pay for each individual awarded 

the award or bonus4  4  7b7 ,pay for    
senior executive positions  7#a7 ,in    
general ,subchapter ,i of chapter #g of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #gbi4 ,pay for senior       
executive positions  7a7 ,rates of pay  
,any individual appointed to a senior   
executive position within the           
,department shall receive the annual    
rate of basic pay applicable to such a  
position1 as determined by the          
,secretary1 in accordance with the pay  
ranges1 structure1 and aggregate        
limitations established for the ,senior 
,executive ,service under subchapter    
,,viii of chapter #ec of title #e1      
including section #echb4  7b7 ,career   
appointees transferring from other      
agencies ,any career appointee who      
transfers from another agency to a      
senior executive position at the        
,department shall receive the annual    
rate of basic pay applicable to such    
position1 as determined by the          

,secretary under subsection 7a71 and    
such rate shall be consistent with the  
individual's performance and pay level  
under sections #echc and #echd of title 
#e4  7c7 ,transfers within the          
,department ,if any individual occupying
 a senior executive position at the     
,department transfers or otherwise moves
 to another senior executive position   
within the ,department1 the individual  
shall1 effective on the first day of the
 first pay period beginning after the   
date that the individual first occupies 
such other position1 receive the rate of
 basic pay established by the ,secretary
 for that position under subsection 7a74
 ,the ,secretary may adjust such rate   
only to the extent authorized under     
section #echb or #echc of title #e4  7d7
 ,definitions ,in this section1 the     
terms career appointee and senior       
executive position have the meanings    
given such terms in section #cacb7;a7 of
 title #e4  4  7#b7 ,clerical amendment 
,the table of sections at the beginning 

of such subchapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item3      
#gbi4 ,pay for senior executive         
positions4  4