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HR 1216 106th Congress House

Department of Veterans Affairs Nurses Appreciation Act of 1999

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals employed by the Department of Vet… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that pay adjustments for nurses and certain other health-care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be made in the same manner as is applicable to Federal employees generally and to revise the authority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make further locality pay adjustments for those employees.

Introduced: May 13, 1999 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative procedureCost of living adjustmentsDepartment of Veterans AffairsFederal employees
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This bill died when the 106th Congress ended
It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 23, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Mar 23, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E526-527)
Mar 23, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 20, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Veterans Affairs Nurses Appreciation Act of 1999 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the pay of health care personnel within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide that, effective October 1, 1999, pay adjustments for registered nurses and certain other positions within the VHA shall be made in the same manner as those generally applicable to Federal employees. Provides that, effective October 1, 2002, whenever the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such rates of pay are inadequate to recruit or retain high-quality health care personnel at such a facility, the Secretary shall adjust such pay to achieve consistency with the rate of compensation for corresponding health-care professionals in the Bureau of Labor Statistics labor market area of that facility.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 3 Republican 2
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Sep 12, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 13, 2000
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 18, 1999
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 18, 1999
LUCAS, KEN
· Jun 15, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 13, 1999
FROST, MARTIN
· Apr 14, 1999
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Apr 14, 1999
BALLENGER, CASS
· Mar 25, 1999
QUINN, JACK
· Mar 25, 1999
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 23, 1999
HOUGHTON, AMO
· Mar 23, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1216: Department of Veterans Affairs Nurses Appreciation Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1216/
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