3.0.0 2291 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z 2023-01-11T13:32:33Z Senate S 2015-11-17 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2015-11-18T19:34:08Z Referred to 2015-11-17T22:55:41Z Veterans Health and Accountability Act 114 3909 HR 2015-12-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 114 2806 S 2016-04-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 424. Related bill CRS Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act 114 5325 HR 2016-09-29 Became Public Law No: 114-223. Related bill CRS 2015-11-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. Committee 2015-11-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-11-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-11-17 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2015-11-17 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-11-17 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2015-11-17 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-11-17 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-11-17 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2015-12-17 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-12-17 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2016-01-11 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2016-02-23 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2016-03-01 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2016-04-19 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employment discrimination and employee rights Evidence and witnesses Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-11-17 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-08T22:29:34Z VA Patient Protection Act of 2015

This bill establishes an additional method for filing whistle blower complaints in which a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee may file such complaints with his or her immediate and next-level supervisors, and ultimately with the VA after having properly filed a complaint at each supervisory level.

If a supervisor makes a positive determination regarding such complaint the VA shall: (1) inform the employee of the ability to volunteer for a transfer, and (2) give preference to such transfer.

The VA may not exempt any employee from such whistle blower coverage.

The central whistle blower office shall be responsible for investigating all VA whistle blower complaints, regardless of whether such complaints are made by or against an employee who is not a Senior Executive Service member.

The VA shall carry out specified adverse actions against a supervisor who commits a prohibited personnel action relating to a whistle blower complaint.

A supervisor who commits a prohibited personnel action shall not be paid any award or bonus for a one-year period, and any award or bonus paid during that period shall be recouped.

VA employees shall receive annual whistle blower complaint training.

Congressional testimony by a VA employee in his or her official capacity shall be considered official duty, and the VA shall provide any such employee with travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, during the period when the employee is so testifying.

]]> VA Patient Protection Act of 2015 Display Title VA Patient Protection Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs for the processing of whistleblower complaints, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VA Patient Protection Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2291is/xml/BILLS-114s2291is.xml 2015-11-18 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-252. 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.