Amendment provides the VA with the authority to offer physicians conditional job offers two years earlier and increases the VA's recruiting outreach efforts to academic affiliate institutions.

1. Adds SEC. 11. RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS at the end of the bill

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   Inserted: SEC. 11. RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 7402(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by inserting "or to be offered a contingent appointment to such position," after "position,"; and

   Inserted: (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph (B):

   Inserted: "(B)(i) have completed a residency program satisfactory to the Secretary; or

   Inserted: "(ii) with respect to an offer for a contingent appointment upon the completion of a post-graduate training program, complete such a residency program by not later than two years after the date of such offer; and".

   Inserted: (b) Oversight of Graduate Medical Education Programs.--The Secretary shall--

   Inserted: (1) ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, not less than annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals to be appointed to positions in the Veterans Health Administration; and

   Inserted: (2) submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of paragraph (1), including the success of such recruiting efforts.

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