[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4481 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4481

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
    Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs 
    employees who violate certain civil laws do not receive bonuses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 2012

Mr. Roe of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
    Veterans Affairs to ensure that Department of Veterans Affairs 
    employees who violate certain civil laws do not receive bonuses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Affairs Employee 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON BONUSES FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              EMPLOYEES WHO VIOLATE CERTAIN CIVIL LAWS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 713. Limitation on bonuses
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall ensure that no employee of 
the Department who, during any year, knowingly violates any civil law 
covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued under section 
1301(a)(1) of title 41 or the Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation 
receives a bonus for or during that year.
    ``(b) Bonus Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
`bonus' includes--
            ``(1) a retention incentive;
            ``(2) a retention incentive payment;
            ``(3) a retention incentive award; and
            ``(4) any other incentive requiring approval from the 
        Central Office Human Resource Service, the Chief Business 
        Office Workforce Management, or the Corporate Senior Executive 
        Management Office.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``713. Limitation on bonuses.''.
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