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Veterans Health Administration Personnel Transparency and Accountability Act
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to require the publication of certain information regarding staffing and vacancies in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Requires the Veterans Health Administration to publish information about staffing and vacancies with greater frequency and detail.
- Requires staffing information to be broken down by occupation in addition to by medical facility.
- Changes the reporting frequency for Veterans Health Administration staffing and vacancy information to monthly for certain data and quarterly for other information.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Actions (3)
- Jul 17, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. · house
- Jun 29, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- Jun 29, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 29, 2026
Mr. Vindman (for himself and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend the VA MISSION Act of 2018 to require the publication of certain information regarding staffing and vacancies in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Veterans Health Administration Personnel Transparency and Accountability Act”.
SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING STAFFING AND VACANCIES IN THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
Section 505(a) of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-182; 38 U.S.C. 301 note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “or, in the case of information relating to Veterans Health Administration positions, by medical facility” and inserting “or, in the case of information relating to Veterans Health Administration positions, by occupation and, except for information specified in subparagraph (B), by medical facility”; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “during the quarter” and inserting “during the applicable period under paragraph (3)”; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking “a quarterly basis.” and inserting an em dash; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
“(A) a monthly basis, with regards to information specified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph that relates to positions in the Veterans Health Administration; and
“(B) a quarterly basis with regards to any other information specified in such paragraph.”. <all>
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