Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2017
Latest action · Feb 7, 2017 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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2017
This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2017 to May 8, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 7, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 8, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 7, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Feb 7, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 462 | Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2019 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 12, 2019 |
| HR 980 | VA Employee Fairness Act of 2017 | Related bill | Mar 3, 2017 |
| S 1257 | Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015 | Reintroduction of | May 7, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2017Introduced in Senate
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.
