§ 726. Annual report on performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees

• (a) Not later than 100 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains, for the most recent fiscal year ending before the submittal of the report, a description of all performance awards or bonuses awarded to each of the following:
  • (1) Regional Office Director of the Department.
  • (2) Director of a Medical Center of the Department.
  • (3) Director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network.
  • (4) Senior executive of the Department.
• (b) Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following with respect to each performance award or bonus awarded to an individual described in such subsection:
  • (1) The amount of each award or bonus.
  • (2) The job title of the individual awarded the award or bonus.
  • (3) The location where the individual awarded the award or bonus works.
• (c) In this section:
  • (1) The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.
  • (2) The term “senior executive” means—
    • (A) a career appointee; or
    • (B) an individual—
      • (i) in an administrative or executive position; and
      • (ii) appointed under section 7306(a) or section 7401(1) of this title .
  • (3) The term “career appointee” has the meaning given that term in section 3132(a) of title 5 .