HR 2292
110th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Claims
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disabled
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential appointments
Salaries
Veterans' disability compensation
Pay Veterans First Act
Introduced: May 14, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
May 14, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 14, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Pay Veterans First Act - Prohibits for FY2007 the payment of a performance-based bonus to any officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) who is appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, or who is a senior politically appointed officer unless, at the time of the payment, fewer than 100,000 claims for veterans' disability compensation are pending before the VA.
Requires the Comptroller General to conduct an audit of VA claims processing, and report audit results to Congress, for any quarter of FY2007 during which the percentage of disallowed claims exceeds by more than 10% the percentage that were disallowed during FY2006.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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