Sec. 2. Recruitment database
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Section 208 of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act ( Public Law 115–46 ; 38 U.S.C. 701 note) is amended as follows: In subsection (a)— in the matter proceeding paragraph (1), by striking a single database and inserting and maintain a single searchable database (to be known as the ; Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database ) in paragraph (1), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding after paragraph
(2)the following new paragraph: with respect to each vacant position under paragraphs
(1)and (2)— the military occupational specialty or skill that corresponds to the position, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense; and each qualified member of the Armed Forces who may be recruited to fill the position before such qualified member of the Armed Forces has been discharged and released from active duty. . By redesignating subsections (b), (c), and
(d)as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively. By inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsections: Subject to subsection (c), the database established under subsection
(a)shall include, with respect to each qualified member of the Armed Forces, the following information: The name and contact information of the qualified member of the Armed Forces. The date on which the qualified member of the Armed Forces is expected to be discharged and released from active duty. Each military occupational specialty currently or previously assigned to the qualified member of the Armed Forces. Information in the database shall be available to offices, officials, and employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to the extent the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines appropriate. The Secretary shall hire qualified members of the Armed Forces who apply for vacant positions listed in the database established under subsection
(a)without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code. The Secretary may authorize a relocation bonus, in an amount determined appropriate by the Secretary and subject to the same limitations as in the case of the authority provided under section 5753 of title 5, to any qualified member of the Armed Forces who has accepted a position listed in the database established under subsection (a). . In subsection (g)(1), as redesignated in paragraph (2), by striking subsection
(b)and inserting subsection
(g). In subsection (h), as redesignated in paragraph (2), by striking of this Act and inserting of the Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018, and annually thereafter . By adding after subsection (h), as redesignated in paragraph (2), the following new subsection: In this section, the term qualified member of the Armed Forces means a member of the Armed Forces— described in section 1142(a) of title 10; who elects to be listed in the database established under subsection (a); and who has been determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to have a military occupational speciality that corresponds to a vacant position described in subsection (a). . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan to implement, including a timeline, section 208 of the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act ( Public Law 115–46 ; 38 U.S.C. 701 note), as amended by this section.
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