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Official title: Amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a five-year human capital plan to support the mission and responsibilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to require the Secretary provide notice before carrying out a reduction in force, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 27, 2026 by Jerry Moran · Last progress April 27, 2026
The bill increases VA planning, oversight, and employee protections to improve staffing and quality of care for veterans, but does so at the cost of added administrative burden, potential delays to management actions, privacy/security risks, and likely additional expense.
Veterans, spouses, dependents, and caregivers will see reorganizations and staffing plans explicitly designed to improve access to higher‑quality, timely health care and benefits.
Veterans, spouses, caregivers, and service members get stronger hiring opportunities and faster onboarding because the VA must set recruitment/retention targets and time‑to‑hire reduction goals.
Taxpayers and veterans benefit from increased transparency and congressional/GAO oversight through regular workforce, reorganization, and notice reporting that can surface problems and drive corrective action.
VA will face substantial added administrative workload and recurring reporting costs that could divert staff time and resources away from frontline benefits and care.
New notice, reporting, and oversight requirements could slow or block necessary workforce reductions or reorganizations, limiting management's flexibility to rebalance staffing quickly to meet urgent needs.
Detailed, facility- and position-level workforce and reorganization disclosures risk exposing personal or operational details that could create privacy or security vulnerabilities if not tightly protected.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Requires a VA five-year strategic human capital plan, 60-day RIF notice to employees and Congress, expanded reorganization metrics/reporting, GAO review, and MSPB enforcement.
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to create and update a detailed five-year strategic human capital plan covering each VA component and to report annually to Congress. Strengthens employee protections and transparency for workforce reductions and reorganizations by requiring 60 days' advance notice to affected employees and specified congressional committees, expanded reorganization performance reporting, GAO review, and MSPB enforcement when notice requirements are not met.