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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1856 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for suspension and removal 

of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance 

or misconduct that is a threat to public health or safety and to improve 

accountability of employees of the Department, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 23, 2015 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BROWN, 

Mr. TESTER, and Ms. HIRONO) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for suspension and removal of employees of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs for performance or misconduct that 

is a threat to public health or safety and to improve 

accountability of employees of the Department, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Equitable Employee Accountability Act of 

6 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL OF DEPARTMENT OF 

2 VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEES FOR PER3 FORMANCE OR MISCONDUCT THAT IS A 

4 THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 715. Employees: suspension and removal for per9 formance or misconduct that is a threat 

10 to public health or safety 

11 ‘‘(a) SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL.—Subject to the 

12 provisions of this section, the Secretary may— 

13 ‘‘(1) suspend without pay an employee of the 

14 Department if the Secretary determines the per15 formance or misconduct of the employee is a clear 

16 and direct threat to public health or safety; and 

17 ‘‘(2) remove an employee suspended under 

18 paragraph (1) if, after such investigation and review 

19 as the Secretary considers necessary, the Secretary 

20 determines that removal is necessary in the interests 

21 of public health or safety. 

22 ‘‘(b) PROCEDURE.—An employee suspended under 

23 subsection (a)(1) is entitled, after suspension and before 

24 removal, to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) not later than 30 days after the date of 

2 the suspension, a written statement of the specific 

3 charges against the employee; 

4 ‘‘(2) a reasonable opportunity, but not less than 

5 7 business days, to answer the charges orally and in 

6 writing and to furnish affidavits and other documen7 tary evidence in support of the answer; 

8 ‘‘(3) at the request of the employee, and not 

9 later than 15 business days after such request, a 

10 formal review by a Department authority duly con11 stituted for purposes of this section at which the em12 ployee may be represented by an attorney or other 

13 representative; 

14 ‘‘(4) a review of the case by the Secretary be15 fore a decision adverse to the employee is made 

16 final; 

17 ‘‘(5) as soon as practicable, a decision of the 

18 Secretary with respect to the charges against the 

19 employee; and 

20 ‘‘(6) a written statement of the decision of the 

21 Secretary that includes the specific reasons for the 

22 decision. 

23 ‘‘(c) APPEAL.—An employee suspended or removed 

24 under subsection (a)— 


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1 ‘‘(1) is entitled to appeal to the Merit Systems 

2 Protection Board under section 7701 of title 5; and 

3 ‘‘(2) may obtain judicial review of a final order 

4 or decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board 

5 under section 7703 of such title. 

6 ‘‘(d) RELATION TO OTHER DISCIPLINARY RULES.— 

7 The authority provided under this section shall be in addi8 tion to the authority provided under section 713 and sub9 chapter V of chapter 74 of this title and title 5 with re10 spect to disciplinary actions for performance or mis11 conduct. 

12 ‘‘(e) BACK PAY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an employee of the De14 partment is subject to a suspension or removal 

15 under this section and the Secretary makes a deter16 mination described in paragraph (2) with respect to 

17 such suspension or removal, the employee shall re18 ceive back pay equal to the total amount of pay that 

19 such employee would have received during the period 

20 that the suspension or removal (as the case may be) 

21 was in effect, less any amounts earned by the em22 ployee through other employment during that period. 

23 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION DESCRIBED.—A deter24 mination described in this paragraph with respect to 


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1 a suspension or removal is a determination that the 

2 suspension or removal— 

3 ‘‘(A) is not warranted; or 

4 ‘‘(B) is, under applicable law, rule, regula5 tion, or collective bargaining agreement, a pro6 hibited personnel practice described in section 

7 2302(b) of title 5. 

8 ‘‘(f) EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

9 ‘employee’ means any individual occupying a position 

10 within the Department under a permanent or indefinite 

11 appointment and who is not serving a probationary or trial 

12 period.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (1) CLERICAL.—The table of sections at the be15 ginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by in16 serting after the item relating to section 713 the fol17 lowing new item: 

‘‘715. Employees: suspension and removal for performance or misconduct that 

is a threat to public health or safety.’’. 

18 (2) CONFORMING.—Section 4303(f) of title 5, 

19 United States Code, is amended— 

20 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

21 the end; 

22 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe23 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(4) any suspension or removal under section 

2 715 of title 38.’’. 

3 (c) REPORT ON SUSPENSIONS AND REMOVALS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the In6 spector General of the Department of Veterans Af7 fairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Af8 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ 

9 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 

10 suspensions and removals of employees of the De11 partment of Veterans Affairs made under section 

12 715 of title 38, United States Code, as added by 

13 subsection (a). 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para15 graph (1) shall include the following: 

16 (A) The number of employees who were 

17 suspended under section 715 of title 38, United 

18 States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

19 (B) The number of employees who were re20 moved under such section. 

21 (C) A description of the threats to public 

22 health or safety that caused such suspensions 

23 or removals. 

24 (D) The number of suspensions or remov25 als, or proposed suspensions or removals, under 


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1 such section that were of an employee who filed 

2 a complaint regarding— 

3 (i) an alleged prohibited personnel 

4 practice committed by an officer or em5 ployee of the Department; or 

6 (ii) the safety of a patient at a med7 ical facility of the Department. 

8 (E) Of the number of suspensions or re9 movals described in subparagraph (D), the 

10 number of such suspensions or removals that 

11 the Inspector General considers to be retaliation 

12 for whistleblowing. 

13 (F) The number of suspensions or remov14 als under such section 715 that were of an em15 ployee who was the subject of a complaint made 

16 to the Department regarding the health or safe17 ty of a patient at a medical facility of the De18 partment. 

19 (G) Any recommendations by the Inspector 

20 General, based on the information described in 

21 subparagraphs (A) through (F), to improve the 

22 authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

23 to make such suspensions or removals. 


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1 SEC. 3. ACCOUNTABILITY OF LEADERS FOR MANAGING 

2 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 709 the 

5 following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 709A. Annual performance plan for political ap7 pointees 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct an 

9 annual performance plan for each political appointee of 

10 the Department that is similar to the annual performance 

11 plan conducted for an employee of the Department who 

12 is appointed as a career appointee (as that term is defined 

13 in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5) within the Senior Execu14 tive Service at the Department. 

15 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—Each annual perform16 ance plan conducted under subsection (a) with respect to 

17 a political appointee of the Department shall include an 

18 assessment of whether the appointee is meeting the fol19 lowing goals: 

20 ‘‘(1) Recruiting, selecting, and retaining well21 qualified individuals for employment at the Depart22 ment. 

23 ‘‘(2) Engaging and motivating employees. 

24 ‘‘(3) Training and developing employees and 

25 preparing those employees for future leadership roles 

26 within the Department. 


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1 ‘‘(4) Holding each employee of the Department 

2 that is a manager accountable for addressing issues 

3 relating to performance, in particular issues relating 

4 to the performance of employees that report to the 

5 manager.’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by 

8 inserting after the item relating to section 709 the fol9 lowing new item: 

‘‘709A. Annual performance plan for political appointees.’’. 

10 SEC. 4. ACCOUNTABILITY OF MANAGERS FOR HIRING 

11 WELL-QUALIFIED PEOPLE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any employee of 

13 the Department of Veterans Affairs that is required to 

14 serve a probationary period at a position in the Depart15 ment, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require the 

16 manager of such employee to determine, not later than 

17 30 days before the end of the probationary period, whether 

18 the employee has demonstrated successful performance 

19 and should continue past the probationary period before 

20 allowing the employee to continue at that position after 

21 the end of the probationary period. 

22 (b) SUPERVISORS.—With respect to any employee of 

23 the Department that is serving a probationary period at 

24 a supervisory position in the Department, successful per25 formance under subsection (a) shall include demonstrating 


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1 management competencies in addition to the technical 

2 skills required for such position. 

3 (c) PERFORMANCE PLAN.—Each annual perform4 ance plan conducted for a manager of an employee serving 

5 a probationary period shall hold the manager accountable 

6 for— 

7 (1) providing regular feedback to such employee 

8 during such period before making a determination 

9 under subsection (a) regarding the probationary sta10 tus of such employee; and 

11 (2) making a timely determination under sub12 section (a) regarding the probationary status of such 

13 employee. 

14 SEC. 5. ACCOUNTABILITY OF MANAGERS FOR ADDRESSING 

15 PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES. 

16 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that, 

17 as a part of the annual performance plan of an employee 

18 of the Department of Veterans Affairs that is a manager, 

19 the manager is evaluated on the following: 

20 (1) Taking action to address poor performance 

21 and misconduct among the employees that report to 

22 the manager. 

23 (2) Taking steps to improve or sustain high lev24 els of employee engagement. 


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1 SEC. 6. IMPROVEMENT OF TRAINING FOR MANAGERS. 

2 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to 

3 each employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs that 

4 is a manager periodic training on the following: 

5 (1) The rights of whistleblowers and how to ad6 dress a report by an employee of a hostile work envi7 ronment, reprisal, or harassment. 

8 (2) How to effectively motivate, manage, and 

9 reward the employees that report to the manager. 

10 (3) How to effectively manage employees who 

11 are performing at an unacceptable level and access 

12 assistance from the human resources office of the 

13 Department and the Office of the General Counsel 

14 of the Department with respect to those employees. 

15 SEC. 7. PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNICAL 

16 EXPERTS. 

17 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop a pro18 motional track for employees of the Department of Vet19 erans Affairs that the Secretary determines are technical 

20 experts to allow such employees to advance in their career 

21 without being required to transition to management posi22 tions. 


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1 SEC. 8. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF PERSONNEL ACTION 

2 TO INCLUDE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS 

3 OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

4 VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

5 Section 2302(a)(2)(A)(viii) of title 5, United States 

6 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or under title 38’’ after 

7 ‘‘chapter 43 of this title’’. 

8 SEC. 9. WRITTEN OPINION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT RE9 STRICTIONS AFTER TERMINATING EMPLOY10 MENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

11 AFFAIRS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 

13 States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended 

14 by adding at the end the following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 717. Written opinion on certain employment re16 strictions after terminating employment 

17 with the Department 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Before terminating employment 

19 with the Department, any official of the Department who 

20 has participated personally and substantially in an acqui21 sition by the Department that exceeds $1,000,000 or held 

22 a key position at the Department relating to acquisition 

23 shall obtain a written opinion from an appropriate ethics 

24 counselor at the Department regarding any restrictions on 

25 activities that the official may undertake on behalf of a 

26 covered contractor during the two-year period beginning 


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1 on the date on which the official terminates such employ2 ment. 

3 ‘‘(b) COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—In this sec4 tion, the term ‘covered contractor’ means a contractor car5 rying out a contract entered into with the Department, 

6 including pursuant to a subcontract.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

8 at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title, as amended 

9 by section 2, is further amended by inserting after the 

10 item relating to section 715 the following new item: 

‘‘717. Written opinion on certain employment restrictions after leaving the Department.’’. 

11 SEC. 10. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS OF THE DE12 PARTMENT EMPLOYING CERTAIN RECENTLY 

13 SEPARATED DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 81 of 

15 title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

16 end the following new section: 

17 ‘‘§ 8129. Requirement for contractors employing cer18 tain recently separated Department em19 ployees 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered contractor may not 

21 knowingly provide compensation to an individual described 

22 in subsection (b) during the two-year period beginning on 

23 the date on which the individual terminates employment 


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1 with the Department unless the covered contractor deter2 mines that the individual— 

3 ‘‘(1) has obtained the written opinion required 

4 under section 717(a) of this title; or 

5 ‘‘(2) has requested such written opinion not 

6 later than 30 days before receiving compensation 

7 from the covered contractor. 

8 ‘‘(b) INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED.—An individual de9 scribed in this subsection is any official of the Department 

10 who has participated personally and substantially in an 

11 acquisition by the Department that exceeds $1,000,000 or 

12 held a key position at the Department relating to acquisi13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(c) COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—In this sec15 tion, the term ‘covered contractor’ means a contractor car16 rying out a contract entered into with the Department, 

17 including pursuant to a subcontract.’’. 

18 (b) APPLICATION.—The requirement under section 

19 8129(a) of title 38, United States Code, as added by sub20 section (a), shall apply with respect to any entity that en21 ters into a contract with the Department on or after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

24 at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended 


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1 by inserting after the item relating to section 8128 the 

2 following new item: 

‘‘8129. Requirement for contractors employing certain recently separated Department employees.’’. 

3 SEC. 11. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR EM4 PLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET5 ERANS AFFAIRS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 

7 States Code, as amended by section 9, is further amended 

8 by adding at the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 719. Administrative leave limitation and report 

10 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO EMPLOYEES

11 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.—(1) The Secretary may not 

12 place any covered individual on administrative leave for 

13 more than a total of 14 business days during any 365- 

14 day period. 

15 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may waive the limitation under 

16 paragraph (1) and extend the period of administrative 

17 leave of a covered individual if the Secretary submits to 

18 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 

19 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep20 resentatives a detailed explanation of the reasons the cov21 ered individual was placed on administrative leave and the 

22 reasons for the extension of such leave. Such explanation 

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1 tion where the covered individual is employed, and the job 

2 title of the covered individual. 

3 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘covered individual’ 

4 means an employee of the Department— 

5 ‘‘(A) who is subject to an investigation for pur6 poses of determining whether such individual should 

7 be subject to any disciplinary action under this title 

8 or title 5; or 

9 ‘‘(B) against whom any disciplinary action is 

10 proposed or initiated under this title or title 5. 

11 ‘‘(b) REPORT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.—(1) Not 

12 later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the 

13 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Af14 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Af15 fairs of the House of Representatives a report listing the 

16 name of each employee of the Department (if any) who 

17 has been placed on administrative leave for a period longer 

18 than 7 business days during such fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 

20 shall include, with respect to each employee listed in such 

21 report, the position occupied by the employee, the number 

22 of business days of such leave, and the reason that such 

23 employee was placed on such leave. 

24 ‘‘(3) In submitting each report under paragraph (1), 

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1 vacy of the employees listed in the report as the Secretary 

2 considers appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DEFINED.—In this 

4 section, the term ‘administrative leave’— 

5 ‘‘(1) means leave without loss of or reduction in 

6 pay, leave to which an employee of the Department 

7 is otherwise entitled, or credit for time or service; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(2) includes any type of paid non-duty sta10 tus.’’. 

11 (b) APPLICATION.— 

12 (1) ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE LIMITATION.— 

13 Subsection (a) of section 719 of title 38, United 

14 States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply 

15 to any period of administrative leave (as defined in 

16 such section) commencing on or after the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act. 

18 (2) REPORT.—The report under section 719(b) 

19 of such title (as added by subsection (a)) shall apply 

20 beginning in the first quarter that ends after the 

21 date that is 180 days after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act. 

23 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

24 at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title, as amended 


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1 by section 9, is further amended by adding at the end the 

2 following new item: 

‘‘719. Administrative leave limitation and report.’’. 

3 SEC. 12. IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL OVERSIGHT WITHIN 

4 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 

6 title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

7 section 7324 the following new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 7324A. Periodic reports on programs, operations, 

9 and other functions of the Veterans 

10 Health Administration 

11 ‘‘(a) REPORT ON PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS.—Not 

12 later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the 

13 Department of Veterans Affairs Equitable Employee Ac14 countability Act of 2015, and periodically thereafter, the 

15 Office of the Medical Inspector of the Veterans Health Ad16 ministration shall submit to the Secretary, the Under Sec17 retary for Health, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

18 the Senate, and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

19 House of Representatives a report on any problems or de20 ficiencies encountered by the Department in carrying out 

21 the programs and operations of the Veterans Health Ad22 ministration, including any recommendations for correc23 tive action. 

24 ‘‘(b) SUBMITTAL OF OTHER REPORTS.—The Office 

25 of the Medical Inspector shall submit to the Committee 


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1 on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 

2 Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives each re3 port prepared by the Office in carrying out the functions 

4 of the Office not later than 30 days after completing such 

5 report. 

6 ‘‘(c) PROTECTION OF PRIVACY.—The Office of the 

7 Medical Inspector shall, in carrying out the requirements 

8 of this section, protect any medical or other personally 

9 identifiable information obtained by the Office from disclo10 sure or misuse in accordance with all laws on privacy ap11 plicable to such information.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

13 at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended 

14 by inserting after the item relating to section 7324 the 

15 following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 7324A. Periodic reports on programs, operations, and other functions of 

the Veterans Health Administration.’’. 

16 SEC. 13. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON PERFORM17 ANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF EMPLOYEES 

18 OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

19 Not later than 15 months after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

21 States shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

22 of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

23 the House of Representatives a report on the following: 


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1 (1) The implementation by the Department of 

2 Veterans Affairs of section 713 of title 38, United 

3 States Code, including the following: 

4 (A) An assessment of the impact of the im5 plementation of section 713 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, on the performance and account7 ability of employees of the Department. 

8 (B) An assessment of the impact of the 

9 implementation of such section on recruitment 

10 and retention of employees of the Department, 

11 particularly employees within the Senior Execu12 tive Service. 

13 (2) An assessment of the policies of the Depart14 ment for dealing with issues relating to the perform15 ance of employees of the Department, including rec16 ommendations on addressing performance and mis17 conduct issues in an expedited manner. 

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