H.R. 9406: 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.

This bill would change a Veterans Affairs pay rule for certain critical health care personnel at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

What the current rule does

Under existing law, the VA Secretary can waive some pay limits for certain VA health care workers who are considered critical to operations, but there is a cap on how many of these waivers can be issued.

What the bill would do

The bill would eliminate that cap. In practical terms, this would give the VA Secretary more flexibility to approve pay-limit waivers for qualified critical health care personnel without being restricted by a fixed maximum number of waivers.

Likely effect

The change is intended to make it easier for the VA to recruit and retain certain health care workers by allowing more of them to receive pay above standard limits when the VA deems it necessary. The bill does not change all VA pay rules; it only removes the limit on how many waivers can be granted under this specific provision.

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