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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4031" measure-id="id113hr4031" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-02-11" update-date="2014-05-22">
<title>Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr4031v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-05-22">
<action-date>2014-05-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) remove any individual from the Senior Executive Service upon determining that such individual's performance warrants such removal, and (2) remove such individual from federal service or transfer the individual to a General Schedule position at any grade the Secretary deems appropriate. </p> <p>Requires: (1) the Secretary to notify the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees within 30 days after removing such an individual, and (2) such removal to be done in the same manner as the removal of a professional staff member employed by a Member of Congress.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id113hr4031v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2014-05-22">
<action-date>2014-02-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) remove any individual from the Senior Executive Service upon determining that such individual's performance warrants such removal, and (2) remove such individual from federal service or transfer the individual to a General Schedule position at any grade the Secretary deems appropriate. </p> <p>Requires: (1) the Secretary to notify the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs committees within 30 days after removing such an individual, and (2) such removal to be done in the same manner as the removal of a professional staff member employed by a Member of Congress.</p> <p>.</p>]]></summary-text>
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