1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Recruiting in Underserved Rural Areas and Localities for Veterans Act or the RURAL Veterans Act . 2. Establishment of the Office of Rural Recruitment (a) In general Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7308 the following new section: 7308A. Office of Rural Recruitment (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish an office within the Office of the Under Secretary for Health to be known as the Office of Rural Recruitment (in this section referred to as the Office ). The purpose of the Office is to improve the recruitment of health care professionals for rural and highly rural community-based outpatient clinics and medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Director The Under Secretary of Health shall appoint the head of the Office who shall be called the Director of the Office of Rural Recruitment (in this section referred to as the Director ). (c) Duties (1) Annually, the Director, in collaboration with the directors of each community-based outpatient clinic and medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs, shall, to determine the hiring needs of such clinics and centers, do the following: (A) Assess the efficacy of hiring incentives to recruit health care professionals to practice in rural and highly rural community-based outpatient clinics and medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (B) Assess resources and funding necessary for rural and highly rural community-based outpatient clinics and medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, which may include data from the most current determination published in the Federal Register pursuant to section 7412(a) of this title. (C) Identify hiring incentive programs offered for retaining health care professionals (including the Education Debt Reduction Program, the Employee Incentive Scholarship Program, and other programs under chapter 76 of this title) that provide scholarships, tuition reimbursement, and education debt reduction