# 119-hr-9406: 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.

119-hr-9406, 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., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9406
- Congress: 119
- Title: 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.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-06-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-05

## Summary

**This bill would remove the numerical cap on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' authority to grant pay waivers for critical VA health care personnel.** It strikes the subparagraph that imposed that limit and renumbers the remaining subparagraphs. The change would expand the Secretary's ability to issue waivers to statutory pay limitations for critical VA clinical staff.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More pay flexibility for VA clinicians: benefit, medium. This bill would remove the limit on how many pay-waivers the Secretary of Veterans Affairs can grant for critical VA health-care workers. If enacted, the Secretary would be able to issue more waivers that let covered clinicians and other critical health staff be paid above the usual statutory pay l…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9406 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9406)

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- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9406 (as of 2026-09-05).