To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on the number of waivers to certain pay limitations that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may issue for critical health care personnel of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Key claim: HR9406 would eliminate the statutory cap on the number of pay limitation waivers the VA Secretary may grant to critical health care personnel, potentially expanding VA’s ability to recruit and retain clinical staff.
Abstract
(HR9406 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2026-06-23): Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.
Why this matters
Pay-cap waivers are a core tool the VA uses to compete with private-sector salaries for physicians and other critical clinicians, and the current numerical cap on waivers is a documented constraint on VA workforce flexibility. Removing the cap would shift more compensation discretion to the Secretary, with implications for VA hiring competitiveness, internal pay equity, and federal healthcare workforce policy more broadly.