Beto O'Rourke: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following new section: SEC. 14. RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. (a) In General.--Section 7402(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by inserting ``or to be offered a contingent appointment to such position,'' after ``position,''; and (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph (B): ``(B)(i) have completed a residency program satisfactory to the Secretary; or ``(ii) with respect to an offer for a contingent appointment upon the completion of a post-graduate training program, complete such a residency program by not later than two years after the date of such offer; and''. (b) Oversight of Graduate Medical Education Programs.--The Secretary shall-- (1) ensure that a recruiter or other similar official of each Veterans Integrated Service Network visits, not less than annually, each allopathic and osteopathic teaching institution with a graduate medical education program within the Network to recruit individuals to be appointed to positions in the Veterans Health Administration; and (2) submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of paragraph (1), including the success of such recruiting efforts. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 198, the gentleman from Texas (Mr.…”