[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3820 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3820

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of pay for 
    certain nurses and other medical positions of the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 10 (legislative day, March 7), 2022

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of pay for 
    certain nurses and other medical positions of the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse 
and Physician Assistant Retention And Income Security Enhancement Act'' 
or the ``VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act''.

SEC. 2. PAY FOR NURSES AND CERTAIN OTHER MEDICAL POSITIONS OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 7451 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking ``and physician 
        assistant'' and inserting ``physician assistant, and 
        podiatrist''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``(2) The maximum rate of basic pay for any grade for a covered 
position may not exceed--
            ``(A) in the case of an advanced practice nurse, the 
        maximum rate of basic pay established for positions in level I 
        of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5;
            ``(B) in the case of a physician assistant, the maximum 
        rate of basic pay established for positions in level I of the 
        Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5;
            ``(C) in the case of a registered nurse, the maximum rate 
        of basic pay established for positions in level II of the 
        Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5; and
            ``(D) in the case of any other covered position, the 
        maximum rate of basic pay established for positions in level IV 
        of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.''.
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