[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 932 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 932
To amend titles 38 and 5, United States Code, to ensure that certain
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs are subject to the same
removal, demotion, and suspension policies as other employees of the
Federal Government, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 4, 2025
Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Mr. Deluzio) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in
addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend titles 38 and 5, United States Code, to ensure that certain
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs are subject to the same
removal, demotion, and suspension policies as other employees of the
Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting VA Employees Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SEPARATE REMOVAL, DEMOTION, AND SUSPENSION PROCESSES
FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Repeal.--
(1) Title 38.--Section 714 of title 38, United States Code,
is amended--
(A) by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and
(g);
(B) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (h)
as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively;
(C) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by
striking ``under subsection (a)'' each place it
appears; and
(D) in subsection (c), as so redesignated--
(i) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and
(6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
(2) Title 5.--Section 4303(f) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking the comma at the
end and inserting ``, or'';
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``, or'' and
inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (4).
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in section 719, by striking ``under section 713, 714,
or 7461 of this title'' each place it appears and inserting
``under section 713 or 7461 of this title'';
(2) in section 714, as amended by subsection (a), by
striking the section heading and inserting ``Protections for
whistleblowers from removal, demotion, and suspension'';
(3) by redesignating section 714 as section 734;
(4) by transferring section 734, as so redesignated, so as
to appear after section 733; and
(5) in the table of sections--
(A) by striking the item relating to section 714;
and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to section
733 the following new item:
``734. Protections for whistleblowers from removal, demotion, and
suspension.''.
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
FOR PERSONNEL OF THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.
The following provisions of title 38, United States Code, are each
amended to read as such provisions read on the day before the date of
the enactment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-41):
(1) Section 7461(b).
(2) Section 7462(b).
(3) Section 7463(c).
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