; and (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 7 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 725 the following new item: 726. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees. . 223. Authority to regulate additional pay for certain health care employees of the Department Section 7454 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) In this section, the term compensation includes all compensation earned by employees when performing duties authorized by the Secretary or when the employee is approved to use annual, sick, family medical, military, or court leave or during any other paid absence for which pay is not already regulated. . 224. Modification of pay cap for nurses Paragraph (2) of section 7451(c) is amended to read as follows: (2) (A) The maximum rate of basic pay for any grade for health-care personnel positions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 7401 of this title (other than the positions of physician, dentist, and registered nurse) may not exceed the rate of basic pay established for positions in level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5. (B) Pursuant to an adjustment under subsection (d), the maximum rate of basic pay for a registered nurse serving as a nurse executive or a grade for the position of certified registered nurse anesthetist may exceed the rate of basic pay established for positions in level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5 but may not exceed the rate of basic pay established for positions in level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5. (C) Pursuant to an adjustment under subsection (d), the maximum rate of basic pay for all registered nurses not described in subparagraph (B) may exceed the rate of basic pay established for positions in level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title