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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6101 
To amend titles 5 and 38, United States Code, to ensure that certain 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs are subject to the 
same removal, demotion, and suspension policies as other employees 
of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2018 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. BROWN 
of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend titles 5 and 38, United States Code, to ensure 
that certain employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs are subject to the same removal, demotion, and 
suspension policies as other employees of the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Personnel Equity 
Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SEPARATE REMOVAL, DEMOTION, AND 
SUSPENSION PROCESSES FOR CERTAIN EM-
PLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) TITLE 38.—Section 714 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), 
(d), and (g); 
(B) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), 
and (h) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec-
tively; 
(C) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(D) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(i) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); 
and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 
and (6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respec-
tively. 
(2) TITLE 5.—Section 4303(f) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, or’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 7 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 719, by striking ‘‘under section 
713, 714, or 7461 of this title’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘under section 713 or 7461 of this 
title’’; 
(2) in section 714, as amended by subsection 
(a), by striking the heading and inserting ‘‘Protec-
tions for whistleblowers from removal, 
demotion, and suspension’’; 
(3) by redesignating section 714 as section 734; 
(4) by transferring section 734, as so redesig-
nated, so as to appear after section 733; and 
(5) in the table of sections— 
(A) by striking the item relating to section 
714; and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 733 the following new item: 
‘‘734. Protections for whistleblowers from removal, demotion, and suspension.’’. 
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SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY AND 
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES FOR PERSONNEL 
OF THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
The following provisions of title 38, United States 
Code, are each amended to read as such provisions read 
on the day before the date of the enactment of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–41): 
(1) Section 7461(b). 
(2) Section 7462(b). 
(3) Section 7463(c). 
SEC. 4. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORT ON DISCIPLINE AND REMOVALS AT 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to Congress a report that 
evaluates proposed and final disciplines and removals of 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs that oc-
curred during each of the following periods: 
(1) Calendar years 2014, 2015, and 2016. 
(2) Beginning on the date of the enactment of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability 
and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (Public 
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Law 115–41) and ending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following with 
respect to each period covered by the report: 
(1) The number of employees of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs proposed for discipline or 
removal. 
(2) The number of such employees formally dis-
ciplined or removed. 
(3) The organization, position titles, type of ac-
tion, effective date of the action, and grades of such 
employees. 
(4) The duty locations of such employees. 
(5) The gender, age, race, veteran status, ten-
ure, and length of service of such employees. 
(6) With respect to each such employee, the na-
ture of the disciplinary charge (including whether 
the charge was a first offense), or if related to a per-
formance issue, a summary of the less-than-satisfac-
tory performance leading to the removal or reduction 
in pay or grade. 
Æ 
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