H.R. 1367, a bill to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes
Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
on March 8, 2017
H.R. 1367 would modify the administrative procedures used to recruit and hire medical staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill includes provisions that would:
Establish a database for recruiting and job placement,
Measure and collect information on hiring, and
Establish a fellowship program for management.
In total, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1367 would cost $28 million over the 2017-2022 period, subject to appropriation of the necessary amounts.
Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 1367 would not increase net direct spending or on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2028.
H.R. 1367 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.