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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7734 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7734

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require a notation in the 
    personnel record file of certain employees of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs who resign from Government employment under certain 
                             circumstances.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2024

Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida 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 require a notation in the 
    personnel record file of certain employees of the Department of 
 Veterans Affairs who resign from Government employment under certain 
                             circumstances.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NOTATION IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE 
              PERSONNEL RECORD FILE OF PERSONNEL INVESTIGATION 
              REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 729. Notation in Department of Veterans Affairs employee 
              personnel record file of personnel investigation
    ``(a) In General.--With respect to any employee occupying a 
position in the competitive service or the excepted service within the 
Department who is the subject of a personnel investigation and who 
resigns from Government employment prior to the resolution of such 
investigation, the Secretary shall make a permanent notation of such 
investigation in the official personnel record file of such employee.
    ``(b) Additional Notation.--With respect to any employee described 
in subsection (a), the Secretary shall make an additional notation in 
the official personnel record file of such employee whether any of the 
allegations made with respect to such employee pursuant to such 
investigation would have been substantiated.
    ``(c) Personnel Investigation Defined.--In this section, the term 
`personnel investigation' includes--
            ``(1) an investigation by an Inspector General;
            ``(2) an internal investigation carried out by the 
        Secretary;
            ``(3) an investigation by the head of any other Federal 
        office responsible for investigating allegations of employee 
        misconduct, including the General Counsel of the Department; 
        and
            ``(4) an adverse personnel action as a result of 
        performance, misconduct, or for such cause as will promote the 
        efficiency of the service under chapter 43 or chapter 75 of 
        title 5.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
728 the following new item:

        ``729. Notation in Department of Veterans Affairs employee 
                            personnel record file of personnel 
                            investigation.''.
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