2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–46 substituted “at a minimum, the five clinical occupations and the five nonclinical occupations” for “the five occupations” and “with respect to each medical center of the Department,” for “throughout the Department”.

2016—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–315 substituted “under subsection (a)” for “under paragraph (1)”.

Pub. L. 113–146, title III, § 301(a)(3), Aug. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 1784, provided that: “Notwithstanding the deadline under section 7412 of title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), for the annual determination of staffing shortages in the Veterans Health Administration, the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall make the first determination required under such section, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish in the Federal Register such determination, by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 7, 2014].”