The record

LegislationLegislation· Jul 2023
S 1096

Sponsored by Margaret Wood Hassan (D)

Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 2023

Would have required new VA employees to take training on reporting wrongdoing to the VA inspector general.

Tradeoff

Would have required new VA employees to finish inspector general training within one year of starting. Would have covered whistleblower rights and how to report fraud, waste, and abuse.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the Senate by on July 13, 2023. The House never voted on it before the 118th Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Mar 30, 2023)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Mar 30, 2023)

  3. Senate · Amended

    Senator Hassan's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 659 · Jul 13, 2023)

    Adds training on federal whistleblower rights, including reporting to Congress, and on the Inspector General's subpoena authority under Section 312.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jul 13, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Taken away from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

    Discharged(Jul 13, 2023)

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Jul 18, 2023)