Charles Boustany: “I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay any bonus or monetary award under chapter 45 or 53 of title 5, United States Code, to an employee of the Chief Business Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is responsible for processing emergency medical care claims until the percentage of emergency medical care claims processed within 30 days reaches 90 percent. (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit quarterly data to Congress on the following: (1) The total number of emergency medical claims and the total number of billed charges for such claims. (2) The total number of emergency medical claims and billed charges for such claims pending for more than 30 days. (3) The number of veterans with unpaid claims under consideration in each Veterans Integrated Service Network. (4) The percent of clean claims processed within 30 days. {time} 0040”