VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence; peer review; or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1948 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1948

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating 
   to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health 
                            Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. 
  Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Danny K. 
 Davis of Illinois, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. Gallego, 
Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, 
  Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. 
 Kahele, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, 
Mr. Lamb, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin of 
   Michigan, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. McBath, Ms. 
McCollum, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Newman, Mr. Norcross, 
Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pingree, Miss Rice of New York, 
Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Sherrill, 
Mr. Sires, Ms. Speier, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Titus, Mr. Trone, 
  Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lawson of 
 Florida, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Omar, Mr. Payne, 
Ms. Pressley, Mr. Ryan, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Garcia of 
  Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating 
   to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health 
                            Administration.

    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 ``VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OF 
              EMPLOYEES OF THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 7422 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (b).
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