Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025

This proposal, called the Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2025, changes how the VA can discipline supervisors and managers. It lets the VA remove, demote, or suspend them when there is substantial evidence of poor performance or misconduct. People in these roles would get advance notice, see the evidence, have a right to a representative, and can use an internal grievance process. The plan does not cover certain appointees or workers still in a probation or trial period. It also protects whistleblowers and people seeking help for problems like discrimination from being punished. The bill amends VA personnel rules to use the “substantial evidence” standard for employees and senior executives, and it applies these rules retroactively back to June 23, 2017.

Key points:

• Who is affected: VA supervisors and managers; also other VA employees and senior executives under updated procedures.
• What changes: Allows discipline based on substantial evidence; guarantees notice, access to evidence, and representation; provides an internal grievance path; adds protections for whistleblowers and those seeking corrective action; excludes certain appointees and probationary/trial employees.
• When: If enacted, these procedures would apply retroactively to actions dating back to June 23, 2017.