US Congress Senate Bill 57 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 9)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes (Sec. 1) This bill provides that if the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) makes an adverse finding that a VA employee has violated a VA policy for which the employee may be removed or suspended, or has violated a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year, the VA may not award a bonus to such employee until the earlier of: five years after the end of the fiscal year in which the adverse finding was made, or the date the finding is found to have been made in error. If an adverse finding is made, the VA, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, shall direct the employee to repay any bonus received during the year in which the adverse finding is made, unless such finding is found to have been made in error. (Sec. 2) If a VA employee receives a reprimand or admonishment, the VA shall retain a copy of such reprimand or admonishment in the employee's permanent record as long as he or she is employed by the VA.

A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic wait list manipulations, and for other purposes

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]
Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/57/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s57/BILLS-115s57is.pdf