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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="696" measure-id="id115hr696" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-01-24" update-date="2017-10-04">
<title>To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr696v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2017-10-04">
<action-date>2017-01-24</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill declares that the memorandum titled &quot;Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze&quot; published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agent of the federal government from filing vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs.</p>]]></summary-text>
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