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HR 5521 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Competition and antitrust Department of Veterans Affairs Employee hiring Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Medical education Public contracts and procurement Veterans' medical care

VA Hiring Enhancement Act

Introduced: April 16, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2018
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 16, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 16, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

VA Hiring Enhancement Act

This bill negates enforcement of a noncompete agreement that an applicant for a physician's position in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has entered into with a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility, entity, or individual. As a condition of terminating the noncompete agreement, the physician agrees to serve at the VHA for one year or until the expiration of the non-compete agreement.

What's happening now June 13, 2018

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3302 Related bill VA Hiring Enhancement Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 5
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jul 13, 2018
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Davidson, Warren
Ohio · Jun 27, 2018
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Jun 27, 2018
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jun 27, 2018
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Apr 16, 2018
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Correa, J. Luis
California · Apr 16, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5521: VA Hiring Enhancement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5521/
MLA
"H.R. 5521: VA Hiring Enhancement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5521/.
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H.R. 5521, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5521/.
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[H.R. 5521: VA Hiring Enhancement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5521/)
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