VA COMPETES Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10142 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10142 To improve the workforce of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2024 Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the workforce of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation Optimization and Modernization for Physicians to Ensure Treatment Excellence and Service Act'' or the ``VA COMPETES Act''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PAY LIMITATION FOR PHYSICIANS, PODIATRISTS, OPTOMETRISTS, AND DENTISTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) Market Pay.-- (1) In general.--Section 7431 of title …