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HR 4037 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Contracts and agency Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Veterans' medical care

VA Fairness in Hiring Act

Introduced: October 12, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 12, 2017
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
Oct 12, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Oct 12, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VA Fairness in Hiring Act

This bill provides that a covenant not to compete entered into by an individual with a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility or employer shall have no force or effect with respect to the appointment of such individual to certain health care positions in the Veterans Health Administration.

What's happening now October 12, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2110 Related bill Department of Veterans Affairs Fairness in Hiring Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 3
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 28, 2017
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Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Nov 28, 2017
Pittenger, Robert
· Nov 28, 2017
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Nov 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4037: VA Fairness in Hiring Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4037/
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"H.R. 4037: VA Fairness in Hiring Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4037/.
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H.R. 4037, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4037/.
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