Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act
Latest action · Jan 4, 2017 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedJan 3, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 3, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to retain a copy of any reprimand or admonishment received by a VA employee in the employee's permanent record.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 3, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 3, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H29-31)
- Jan 3, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 27.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2017Referred in Senate
- Jan 3, 2017Engrossed in House
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