I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6682 
To amend titles 38 and 5, 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 
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 
Mr. LAMB (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined 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 38 and 5, 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 ‘‘Protecting VA Employ-
ees Act’’. 
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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 section heading and inserting 
‘‘Protections for whistleblowers from re-
moval, 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). 
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