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HR 2292 110th Congress House

Pay Veterans First Act

Official title: To prohibit the payment of bonuses to certain officers of the Department of Veterans Affairs unless fewer than 100,000 disability compensation claims are pending before the Department.

Introduced: December 4, 2007 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security ClaimsCongressCongressional investigationsCongressional reporting requirements
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Department of Veterans AffairsDisabledFederal officialsGovernment Operations and PoliticsPresidential appointmentsSalariesVeterans' disability compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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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
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 Latest action May 22, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Dec 4, 2007
 D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · May 22, 2007
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Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 14, 2007
Mahoney, Tim
· May 14, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2292: Pay Veterans First Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2292/
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