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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9855 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9855

 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

                           September 25, 2024

 Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. 
 Swalwell, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Norton, Ms. Castor of 
  Florida, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Lois Frankel of 
 Florida, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Carson, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Green of 
 Texas, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Omar, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Garamendi, 
Mr. Ryan, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Keating, Ms. Tlaib, 
Ms. Kuster, Mr. Evans, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, 
  Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
 Kennedy, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Peters, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Allred, Ms. Porter, 
   Ms. Stevens, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Kelly of 
Illinois, Ms. Titus, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Underwood, 
Mr. Bowman, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Pappas, 
     Mr. Trone, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Foster, Ms. Balint, Mrs. Torres of 
   California, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Craig, Mr. Levin, Ms. Scanlon, Mrs. 
 Cherfilus-McCormick, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Robert Garcia of 
California, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Hoyer, Ms. Dean of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Casten, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Larson 
 of Connecticut, Ms. McClellan, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Costa, 
 Mr. McGovern, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Boyle of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Amo, Ms. Wild, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Sewell, 
Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Meng, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Adams, Ms. Jayapal, 
Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. 
   Pingree, Mr. Soto, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Hoyle of 
Oregon, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Chu, and Mr. Larsen of Washington) 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 2024''.

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

    (a) In General.--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).
    (b) Rule of Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
may not be construed to affect the authorities of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs regarding incentive pay and expedited hiring under 
section 706 of title 38, United States Code, or other similar 
provisions of law.
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