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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5521" measure-id="id115hr5521" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-04-16" update-date="2019-09-03">
<title>VA Hiring Enhancement Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr5521v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-09-03">
<action-date>2018-04-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>VA Hiring Enhancement Act</b></p> <p>This bill negates enforcement of a noncompete agreement that an applicant for a physician's position in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has entered into with a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility, entity, or individual. As a condition of terminating the noncompete agreement, the physician agrees to serve at the VHA for one year or until the expiration of the non-compete agreement. <br /></p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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