US Congress House Bill 696 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 96-2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs. This bill declares that the memorandum titled "Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze" published on January 23, 2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, executive order, or other action by the President to prevent a department or agent of the federal government from filing vacant federal civilian employee positions or creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect with respect to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2017-01-24	House	Introduced in House

HB1878 (Related) 2017-04-04 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/696/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr696/BILLS-115hr696ih.pdf