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HR 2674 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Medical education Student aid and college costs Veterans' medical care

Flexibility and Oversight Act

Introduced: June 4, 2015 Introduced by: Moulton, Seth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 15, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 4, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 4, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flexibility and Oversight Act

Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to transfer funds from one covered program to another covered program if: (1) such transfer will improve the quality of service provided by the VA to veterans, (2) the VA notifies Congress of the justification for such transfer, and (3) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date of such notification. Defines "covered program" to mean the VA's Health Professional Scholarship Program, Employee Incentive Scholarship Program, and education debt reduction programs.

Requires the VA's annual report on its educational assistance programs to include, during the 10-year period beginning on March 1, 2016, an evaluation of the efficacy of the programs in increasing the quality of health care provided to veterans and opportunities for improvement.

What's happening now June 15, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1