United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1367 (115th)
To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Introduced
6 March 2017
Last action
21 March 2017 · Introduced
Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sponsors
Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2], Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large], Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2], Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
This bill provides that the annual determination of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) staff shortages shall include shortages for five clinical and five non-clinical occupations for each network. (Such determination currently includes the five occupations for which there are the largest Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)-wide shortages.) The bill establishes in the VA an executive management fellowship program to provide eligible employees of: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and the VHA with private sector training and experience, and (2) a private-sector entity with VA training and experience. The VA shall: conduct an annual performance plan for each political appointee that is similar to the plan conducted for VA career senior executive employees; establish a single database that lists each vacant VA position that is critical, difficult to fill, or both; prescribe regulations to allow for excepted service appointments of qualifying students and recent graduates leading to career or career conditional employment; provide VHA human resources with training on employee recruitment and retention; establish a promotional track system for employees who are technical experts to advance without being required to transition to management positions; collect information on hiring effectiveness; and develop and carry out a standardized exit survey for career and noncareer VA employees and executives who voluntarily separate from the VA. Veterans federal employment preference provisions are amended to: (1) make all retired members of the armed forces preference eligible, and (2) provide preference eligible individuals with a senior executive position hiring preference. The VA may non-competitively appoint a qualified former employee to any VA position within the competitive or excepted service that is one grade higher than the position most recently occupied by the employee. The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a study of succession planning at: (1) each VA medical facility, and (2) the VBA and the VA National Cemetery Administration.
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Timeline
6 March 2017
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2017
Introduced
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.
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 March 2017
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 17.
Source: Calendars
10 March 2017
Discharge
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
Source: Discharge
10 March 2017
Committee
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
Source: Committee
10 March 2017
Reported
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-35, Part I.
Source: Committee
10 March 2017
Reported
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-35, Part I.
Source: Committee
16 March 2017
Floor
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1367 as unfinished business.
Source: Floor
16 March 2017
Passed
On motion to rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
16 March 2017
Floor
Mr. Wenstrup moved that the committee rise.
Source: Floor
16 March 2017
Floor
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1367.
Source: Floor
16 March 2017
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable Ted Budd to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
16 March 2017
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 198 and Rule XVIII.
Source: Floor
16 March 2017
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 198. (consideration: CR H2136-2139)
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Vote
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 412 - 0 (Roll no. 171).
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 412 - 0 (Roll no. 171).
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Passed
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H2156-2158)
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1367.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1367 as unfinished business.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Passed
On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
Mr. Wenstrup moved that the committee rise.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 198, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wenstrup amendment No. 1.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Source: Floor
17 March 2017
Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2155-1268)
Source: Floor
21 March 2017
Introduced
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
17 March 2017 · passed · On Passage · Passed · Official source
Yes 412 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 17
- Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]Yea
- Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]Not Voting
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]Yea
- Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]Yea
Showing the first 4 recorded positions. Vote totals above are complete.
Versions
- Referred in Senate · 21 March 2017 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 17 March 2017 · Download file
- Reported in House · 10 March 2017 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 6 March 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Referred in Senate (text)
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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 21 March 2017
Referred in Senate (PDF)
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Engrossed in House (text)
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Passed House amended
summary · EN · 17 March 2017
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Reported in House (text)
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Reported to House without amendment, Part I
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Sponsors
- Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1259) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1367) to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.
- related to ← Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017
- amends ← An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 115-39 to extend the timeline to implement the fellowship program from 90 days to one year and extends the GAO reporting deadline from one to two years. Also, the amendment removes the requirement to track a number of hiring effectiveness metrics, changes the establishment of a recruiting database from a "shall" to "may" authority, and stipulates that HR training be accomplished virtually.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 115-39 to make clear that the Inspector General of the VA must report, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 7412, on at minimum 5 clinical and 5 nonclinical VA occupations that have the largest staffing shortages, which then triggers special hiring authorities for the Secretary to address such shortages.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 115-39 to allow the Secretary to select eligible employees for the Executive Management Fellowship Program who represent or service rural areas, to whatever extent practicable.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 115-39 to strike section 6, "Reemployment of Former Employees," which would allow for the Secretary to appoint former employees at one grade higher than when they last separated, without having to go through the usual competitive application process.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 5 printed in Part B of House Report 115-39 to prevent former political appointees at the VA from receiving non-political, competitively selected positions at the VA without having to go through the proper selection process.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part B of House Report 115-39 to require the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to list open mental health positions in the database established under the bill.
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1367
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1367
- us · 115-hr-1367 · source updated 7 April 2025