H.Res. 198Providing 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.

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Sponsor: Ken Buck [R-CO-04]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Mar 16, 2017 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedMar 15, 2017
Passed the HouseMar 16, 2017

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 198 as introduced in House on Mar 15, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Mar 16, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMar 16, 2017

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House Mar 16, 2017 · the primary vote

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Providing for consideration of H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act of 2017; 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 H.R. 1181, theVeterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act

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227 Yea 185 Nay 17 not voting

Party-line vote 1 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.

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Democratic193 members

Republican236 members

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