; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking open priority recommendation of the Comptroller General and inserting open recommendation described in subsection (a) ; and (3) in the section heading, by striking priority . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 7008 and inserting the following new item: Sec. 7008. Annual report by Secretary of Veterans Affairs on implementation of recommendations of Comptroller General of the United States pertaining to Department of Veterans Affairs. . 404. Annual Hatch Act training program at Department of Veterans Affairs (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 104, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: 729B. Annual training for senior leaders on political activities (a) Required participation in training program (1) In general The Secretary shall require each covered employee to participate each year in the training program developed pursuant to subsection (b). (2) Covered employees For purposes of paragraph (1), a covered employee is an employee of the Department who is— (A) a political appointee; (B) a senior executive; (C) a senior manager