; and (B) a summary of hiring needs with respect to recruiting health care professionals in rural and highly rural community-based outpatient clinics. (3) The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and Senate an annual report containing the information gathered pursuant to subsection (c)(1) and the national plan under paragraph (2) of such subsection. (f) Definitions In this section: (1) The term rural recruitment employee means an employee of a Veterans Integrated Service Network designated under subsection (d) who is responsible for recruiting health care professionals for rural and highly rural community-based outpatient clinics and medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) The terms rural and highly rural have the meanings given such terms under the rural-urban commuting codes developed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. . (b) Designation of rural recruitment employee Not later than September 30, 2023, the director of each Veterans Integrated Service Network that has at least one rural or highly rural community-based outpatient clinic shall designate a rural recruitment employee as required by the strategy described under section 7308A(d) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (c) Reporting timeline The first reports under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 7308A(e) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be submitted not later than 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months, respectively, after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7308 the following new item: 7308A. Office of Rural Recruitment. . 3. Study on a scholarship program and establishment of a fellowship program for health care professionals (a) Study on the feasibility of a rural recruitment scholarship program (1)