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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Jan 3, 2017 |
Committees 2
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 Jan 3, 2017 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Jan 3, 2017 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2017 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
- Jan 3, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 3, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jan 3, 2017Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 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, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H30)
- Jan 3, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H29–H31Text printed H30 | David P. Roe R-TN, Mark Takano D-CA, Ryan A. Costello R-PA | Jan 3, 2017 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H46.
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. 115-18 | LEGISLATIVE REFORMS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT: H.R. 2776, WORKFORCE DEMOCRACY AND FAIRNESS ACT; H.R. 2775, EMPLOYEE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT; AND, H.R. 2723, EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ACT108 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 14, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain a copy of any reprimand or admonishment received by an employee of the Department in the permanent record of the employee.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Ensuring VA Employee Accountability Act
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
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.
