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<title>VA Bonus Accountability Act</title>
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<action-date>2014-07-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Stop Wasteful Bonuses in Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2014 or the VA Bonus Accountability Act - Prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the Inspector General of the agency or another senior ethics official&nbsp;or the Comptroller General (GAO) makes an adverse&nbsp;finding relating to the employee. Requires repayment of a&nbsp;bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made. </p>]]></summary-text>
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