To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Last Action
- 1/24/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-24Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- 2017-01-24Introduced in House
- 2017-01-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-24 (00)
This bill declares that the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agent of the federal government from filing vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Cosponsors (20)
- Seth Moulton (D-MA)
- Timothy Walz (D-MN)
- Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)
- Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD (D-CA)
- Mark Takano (D-CA)
- Juan Vargas (D-CA)
- Joe Courtney (D-CT)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Filemon Vela (D-TX)
- Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM)
- Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
- John Delaney (D-MD)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
- Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
- Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
- David Scott (D-GA)
Subjects
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Employee hiring
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
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