3.0.0 57 2023-01-11T13:35:18Z 2023-01-11T13:35:18Z Senate S 2017-01-05 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-05T23:06:49Z 2017-01-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-01-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-01-05 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2017-01-05 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-01-05 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-01-05 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2017-01-05 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2017-01-09 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2017-01-23 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-04-06 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Department of Veterans Affairs Employee performance Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Personnel records Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-01-05 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-11T15:52:45Z (Sec. 1) This bill provides that if the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) makes an adverse finding that a VA employee has violated a VA policy for which the employee may be removed or suspended, or has violated a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year, the VA may not award a bonus to such employee until the earlier of:

  • five years after the end of the fiscal year in which the adverse finding was made, or
  • the date the finding is found to have been made in error.

If an adverse finding is made, the VA, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, shall direct the employee to repay any bonus received during the year in which the adverse finding is made, unless such finding is found to have been made in error.

(Sec. 2) If a VA employee receives a reprimand or admonishment, the VA shall retain a copy of such reprimand or admonishment in the employee's permanent record as long as he or she is employed by the VA.

]]> A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes Display Title A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s57is/xml/BILLS-115s57is.xml 2017-01-05 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.