118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 1256Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the appointment of the Under Secretary of Health and Assistant Under Secretaries of Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Armed forces and national security
Introduced Feb 28, 2023
Last action Dec 24, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Feb 28, 2023
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Referred
Mar 23, 2023
Veterans' Affairs
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Committee
Apr 28, 2023
Reported out
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill modifies certain restrictions on appointments in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill limits the term of the Under Secretary for Health to five years. (Currently, there is no term limit.) The bill also removes the cap on the number of Assistant Under Secretaries for Health, and provides that the VA may appoint as many as it determines are necessary. Additionally, the bill removes certain requirements for appointing Assistant Under Secretaries for Health (e.g., the requirement that at least one appointee must be a qualified doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine).

Provisions · 2 sectionsReported to House
Timeline · 10 actions
Dec 24, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-946.
Dec 24, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 795.
Apr 28, 2023
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
Apr 28, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 28, 2023
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 18, 2023
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 29, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 28, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 28, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.