VA Accountability Act of 2014
Latest action · Jun 3, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJun 3, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
VA Accountability Act of 2014 - Prohibits any officer, employee, or agent of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from:
- knowingly falsifying an individual's VA health records;
- knowingly destroying or excluding information from such records with the intent to defraud the individual, a federal officer or employee, or a Member of Congress;
- directing another individual to engage in such prohibited conduct; or
- knowing of such prohibited conduct by an individual under his or her supervision and failing to stop, if possible, or report to a superior the commission of such conduct.
Allows an individual aggrieved by such conduct to bring a civil action against the officer, employee, or agent in an appropriate U.S. district court for damages or other legal or equitable relief.
Authorizes the VA Secretary to terminate, without prior notice or cause, the employment and benefits of a VA officer, employee, or agent found by such court to have violated this Act.
Provides that this Act shall apply to conduct committed before, on, or after its enactment.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jun 3, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil actions and liability
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Health information and medical records
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2014Introduced in Senate
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