Sen. Dean Heller is behind an effort to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose to Congress the bonuses and awards that high-level VA directors get. The push for added transparency comes as the VA has faced criticism for backlogs of veterans waiting for medical appointments, while VA executives were awarded bonuses. Heller is co-sponsoring a bill that would require the secretary of Veterans Affairs to report annually the performance-based awards and bonuses given to regional office directors, hospital directors and directors of integrated service networks for veterans.