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This bill would make sure certain employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs follow the same rules as other federal workers when it comes to being fired, demoted, or suspended. It also focuses on protecting whistleblowers, so people who report problems are not removed, demoted, or suspended for speaking up.
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Amends 38 U.S.C. 7461(b) to restore the provision to the text it had on the day before the enactment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (P.L. 115–41).
Amends 38 U.S.C. 7462(b) to restore the provision to the text it had on the day before the enactment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (P.L. 115–41).
Amends 38 U.S.C. 7463(c) to restore the provision to the text it had on the day before the enactment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (P.L. 115–41).
Amends section 714 of title 38 by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (g); redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (h) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; in the subsection so redesignated as (a), striking each place it appears; and in the subsection so redesignated as (c), striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.
Amends section 4303(f) of title 5 by: (A) in paragraph (2), striking the comma at the end and inserting (text as provided); (B) in paragraph (3), striking and inserting a period (text as provided); and (C) striking paragraph (4).
In section 719, strikes each place it appears and inserts the phrase 'under section 713 or 7461 of this title'.
Transfers the redesignated section 734 so that it appears after section 733; in the table of sections, strikes the item relating to section 714 and inserts a new item after the item relating to section 733 (text as provided).
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.
Introduced February 4, 2025 by Brian K. Fitzpatrick · Last progress February 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
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.
Introduced in House