Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Leadership Evaluation At Department of Veterans Affairs Act” or the “LEAD VA Act”.
Leadership Evaluation At Department of Veterans Affairs Act
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility of establishing a pilot program to assign certain officers of the Armed Forces to serve as directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Feasibility study on pilot program for certain officers of the Armed Forces to serve as directors of Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers
Study— The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a pilot program under which the Secretaries assign officers of the Armed Forces in the grade of O–6 to serve as directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a period of three years.
Report— Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report containing—
the results of the study under subsection (a);
a recommendation as to whether the pilot program should be established; and
if the establishment of the pilot program is recommended, a plan for such establishment.