I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5732 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2020 Mr. Mast (for himself, Ms. Gabbard , Mr. Allred , and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility of establishing a pilot program to assign certain officers of the Armed Forces to serve as directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Leadership Evaluation At Department of Veterans Affairs Act or the LEAD VA Act . 2. Feasibility study on pilot program for certain officers of the Armed Forces to serve as directors of Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers (a) Study The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a pilot program under which the Secretaries assign officers of the Armed Forces in the grade of O–6 to serve as directors of medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a period of three years. (b) Report Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate and the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report containing— (1) the results of the study under subsection (a); (2) a recommendation as to whether the pilot program should be established; and (3) if the establishment of the pilot program is recommended, a plan for such establishment.