Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2012 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 24, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that no employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who violates any civil law covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation receives any retention incentive, payment, or award for or during the year of such violation.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 27, 2012 to Jul 13, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Apr 27, 2012 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Jun 5, 2012 | |
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Jul 10, 2012 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Jul 13, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2012 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2012Hearings Jun 20, 2012Markup Jun 27, 2012Reported Jun 27, 2012 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2012Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 27, 2012Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
- Jun 20, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 4, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Apr 24, 2012Introduced in House
- Apr 24, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2067.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-68 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2985, H.R. 3730, H.R. 4481, H.R. 594850 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 20, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2012Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
