§7440. Annual report

The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual report on the use of the authorities provided in this subchapter. The report shall be submitted each year as part of the budget justification documents submitted by the Secretary in support of the budget of the President submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 that year. Each such report shall include the following:

(1) A review of the use of the authorities provided in this subchapter (including the Secretary's and Under Secretary for Health's actions, findings, recommendations, and other activities under this subchapter) during the preceding fiscal year and the fiscal year during which the report is submitted.

(2) The plans for the use of the authorities provided in this subchapter for the next fiscal year.

(3) A description of the amounts of special pay paid during the preceding fiscal year, shown by category of pay.

(4) A list of those geographic areas, and those scarce specialties, for which special pay was paid during the preceding fiscal year, those for which special pay is being paid during the current fiscal year, and those for which special pay is expected to be paid during the next fiscal year, together with a summary of any differences among those three lists.

(5) The number of physicians and dentists (A) who left employment with the Veterans Health Administration during the preceding year, (B) who changed from full-time status to part-time status, (C) who changed from part-time status to full-time status, as well as (D) a summary of the reasons therefor.

(6) By specialty, the number of positions created and the number of positions abolished during the preceding fiscal year and a summary of the reasons for such actions.

(7) The number of unfilled physician and dentist positions in each specialty in the Veterans Health Administration, the average and maximum lengths of time that such positions have been unfilled, and a summary of the reasons that such positions remain unfilled and, in the case of any specialty not designated as a scarce specialty for purposes of special pay under this subchapter, an explanation (including comparisons with other specialties that have been so designated) of why the specialty has not been so designated.

(Added Pub. L. 102–40, title I, §102, May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 198 ; amended Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, §1201(c)(6), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4684 .)

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this subchapter were contained in section 4118 of this title prior to the repeal of that section as part of the complete revision of chapter 73 of this title by Pub. L. 102–40.

Amendments

1994-Par. (1). Pub. L. 103–446 substituted "Under Secretary for Health's actions" for "Chief Medical Director's actions".

Effective Date

Section effective on first day of first pay period after July 1, 1991, subject to transition and savings provisions and prohibition on retroactive agreements, see section 104 of Pub. L. 102–40, set out as a note under section 7431 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 7432 of this title.