3.0.0 2419 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z 2023-01-11T13:26:09Z Senate S S 2014-06-03 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-06-03T19:02:12Z 2014-06-03 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. N Armed Forces and National Security Civil actions and liability Department of Veterans Affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Health information and medical records Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-23T20:39:42Z VA Accountability Act of 2014 - Prohibits any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from:

  • knowingly falsifying an individual's VA health records;
  • knowingly destroying or excluding information from such records with the intent to defraud the individual, a federal officer or employee, or a Member of Congress;
  • directing another individual to engage in such prohibited conduct; or
  • knowing of such prohibited conduct by an individual under his or her supervision and failing to stop, if possible, or report to a superior the commission of such conduct.

Allows an individual aggrieved by such conduct to bring a civil action against the officer, employee, or agent in an appropriate U.S. district court for damages or other legal or equitable relief.

Authorizes the VA Secretary to terminate, without prior notice or cause, the employment and benefits of a VA officer, employee, or agent found by such court to have violated this Act.

Provides that this Act shall apply to conduct committed before, on, or after its enactment.

]]> VA Accountability Act of 2014 Display Title VA Accountability Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect America's veterans from dishonesty and malfeasance in the delivery of medical services and to hold the Department of Veterans Affairs accountable to those they serve. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VA Accountability Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2419is/xml/BILLS-113s2419is.xml 2014-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.