Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Bonus and Relocation Recovery Act”.
VA Bonus and Relocation Recovery Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup amounts of awards, bonuses, and relocation expenses paid to former employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs under certain conditions.
Sec. 2 Authority to recoup awards, bonuses, and relocation expenses paid to former Department of Veterans Affairs employees under certain conditions
in subsection (a), by inserting “, or a former employee of the Department,” after “an employee of the Department”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(c) Authority To collect from former employees
“(1) If the Director upholds an order of the Secretary under subsection (a) with respect to an individual who is a former employee of the Department, and such individual does not repay the amount of the award or bonus subject to the order within 180 days after the date of the final decision of the Director under subsection (b) with respect to the order, the Secretary may recover such amount from the former employee in the same manner as any other debt due to the United States.
“(2) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to permit the Secretary to waive the recovery of such amount under section 5302 of this title.”
Relocation expenses— Section 723 of such title is amended—
in subsection (a), by inserting “, or a former employee of the Department,” after “an employee of the Department”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(c) Authority To collect from former employees
“(1) If the Director upholds an order of the Secretary under subsection (a) with respect to an individual who is a former employee of the Department, and such individual does not repay the amount of the award or bonus subject to the order within 180 days after the date of the final decision of the Director under subsection (b) with respect to the order, the Secretary may recover such amount from the former employee in the same manner as any other debt due to the United States.
“(2) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to permit the Secretary to waive the recovery of such amount under section 5302 of this title.”