---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 727"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "727"
heading: "Reassignment of senior executives"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/727"
units:
  - "Part I — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 7 — Employees"
  - "Subchapter I — General Employee Matters"
---

# §727. Reassignment of senior executives

- (a) **Approval of Reassignments.—** No individual employed in a senior executive position at the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may be reassigned to another such position at the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) unless such reassignment is approved in writing and signed by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1).
- (b) **Semiannual Reports Required.—**
  - (1) Not later than June 30 and December 31 of each year, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall submit to Congress a report on the reassignment of individuals employed in senior executive positions at the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) to other such positions at the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) during the period covered by the report.
  - (2) Each report submitted under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) shall describe the purpose of each reassignment and the costs associated with such reassignment.
  - (3) For purposes of [paragraph (2)](#b-2), costs associated with a reassignment may only include the following:
    - (A) A salary increase.
    - (B) Temporary travel expenses for the individual or the family of the individual.
    - (C) Moving expenses.
    - (D) A paid incentive.
- (c) **Senior Executive Position Defined.—** In this section, the term “senior executive position” has the meaning given such term in [section 713(d) of this title](/usc/38/713.md?p=d).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–188, § 2(a), June 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 1490.)