1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Hiring Enhancement Act . 2. Non-applicability of non-Department of Veterans Affairs covenants not to compete to appointment of physicians in the Veterans Health Administration (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 7413. Effect of non-Department covenants not to compete on appointment of physicians (a) Non-Applicability Except as provided in subsection (b), in the case of an individual who is an applicant for appointment to a position as a physician in the Veterans Health Administration, any covenant not to compete into which the individual has entered with a non-Department facility or other non-Department entity or individual shall have no force or effect with respect to the appointment of the individual to such a position. (b) Service obligation (1) Any individual who is appointed as a physician in the Veterans Health Administration and has entered into a covenant not to compete that is rendered non-applicable pursuant to subsection (a), shall, as a condition of such appointment, agree to provide clinical services at a Department medical facility for the duration of the period described in paragraph (2). (2) The period described in this paragraph is the period that begins on the date on which an individual is appointed as described in paragraph (1) and ends on the latter of the following dates: (A) The date that is one year after such date of appointment. (B) The date of the termination of any covenant not to compete that is rendered non-applicable pursuant to subsection (a). (3) The Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) with respect to an individual at the discretion of the Secretary. (c) Termination of Department employment In the case of an individual who is appointed as a physician in the Veterans Health Administration and has entered into a covenant not to compete that is rendered non-applicable pursuant to subsection (a), if the individual’s