HR 5109 · 106th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2000-09-22)
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Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000 - Title I: Personnel Matters - Revises pay adjustment authority for nurses employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to require the director of such Department health-care facility to use third-party industry wage surveys in making such adjustments. Prohibits any adjustment from reducing the rate of basic pay applicable to any nurse grade. Prohibits a director, in determining whether to carry out an adjustment, from considering the absence of a current recruitment or retention problem for personnel in that position. Requires a director to make such determination based on whether there is a significant pay-related staffing problem for such position at that facility. Authorizes the Department's Under Secretary for Health to modify any adjustment determination made by a facility director. Requires each director to report annually to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on staffing for covered positions at that facility. Requires the Secretary to report annually on such staffing to the congressional veterans' committees. Makes annual (currently terminated in 1993) a reporting requirement from the Secretary to the vetera…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 5109, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Act of 2000
Sep 19, 2000Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 13, 2000
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
10 Democrats10 Republicans