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S. 1098: Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017

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S. 1098: Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-11 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017

Plain summary

Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from: (1) hiring or transferring to any VA position a person who has been convicted of a state or federal criminal offense that substantially relates to the position and for which the minimum prison term is more than one year; or (2) employing a person in a VA position who, after enactment of this bill, is convicted of such a criminal offense. Such prohibition shall not apply: to a conviction of a state or federal criminal offense if the records of such conviction have been expunged, to a conviction of a state or federal criminal offense if during the 10-year period beginning on the date of such conviction the person has not been convicted of any other criminal offense for which the minimum prison term is more than one year, or if the person is being hired or transferred as part of a program to help veterans who have been convicted of a state or federal criminal offense for which the minimum prison term is more than one year. The VA: (1) may not employ, transfer, or hire an individual for specified medical positions who has had a related license or credential revoked or suspended; and (2) shall begin the process of terminating current employees who have had such licenses or credentials revoked or suspended. The Merit Systems Protection Board shall issue a decision on an appeal for termination review within 30 days of an employee's notification of termination. The VA shall provide information about an individual's disciplinary action to the appropriate state medical licensing boards and to the National Practitioner Databank.

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Official text

Clean Up the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · 0 cosponsors

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Bill
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s1098 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115