To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on the number of waivers to certain pay limitations that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may issue for critical health care personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Latest Action · June 23, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This bill removes a numerical cap on pay waivers that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs can grant to critical healthcare workers at VA facilities. Currently, federal law limits how many times the VA secretary can waive certain pay restrictions for essential medical personnel, but this legislation eliminates that limit entirely. The change would allow the VA greater flexibility to offer competitive compensation packages to recruit and retain doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals in hard-to-fill positions. The bill does not specify any new funding or implementation timeline. This measure is intended to help address healthcare workforce shortages at Veterans Affairs medical centers by giving the department more tools to compete with private sector salaries.
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