Bills Would Revoke Bonuses Paid to Fired VA Officials

Following the House’s suit, the Senate is considering a measure that would authorize revocation of bonuses paid to Department of Veterans Affairs officials who were involved in the recent waiting-list manipulation scandal. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) sponsored the measure, which is now pending before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The bill would require any VA official held culpable for their role in manipulating waiting lists to indicate that veterans were receiving timely treatment when in fact they were not. The House passed a comparable measure, H.R. 280, in mid-February.