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Department of Veterans Affairs whistleblowing under the VA Patient Protection Act of 2016

Committee(s) of Jurisdiction:

House Committee on Veterans Affairs

Committee jurisdiction under House Rule X:

  • Veterans’ measures generally
  • Cemeteries of the United States in which veterans of any war or conflict are or may be buried, whether in the United States or abroad (except cemeteries administered by the Secretary of the Interior)
  • Compensation, vocational rehabilitation, and education of veterans
  • Life insurance issued by the Government on account of service in the Armed Forces
  • Pensions of all the wars of the United States, general and special
  • Readjustment of servicemembers to civil life
  • Servicemembers’ civil relief
  • Veterans’ hospitals, medical care, and treatment of veterans

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Committee jurisdiction under House Rule X:

  • Federal civil service, including intergovernmental personnel; and the status of officers and employees of the United States, including their compensation, classification, and retirement
  • Municipal affairs of the District of Columbia in general (other than appropriations)
  • Federal paperwork reduction
  • Government management and accounting measures generally
  • Holidays and celebrations
  • Overall economy, efficiency, and management of government operations and activities, including Federal procurement
  • National archives
  • Population and demography generally, including the Census
  • Postal service generally, including transportation of the mails
  • Public information and records
  • Relationship of the Federal Government to the States and municipalities generally
  • Reorganizations in the executive branch of the Government