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Union Calendar No. 511 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7734 
[Report No. 118–613] 
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. 
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 
JULY 30, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 20, 2024] 
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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 Govern-
ment employment under certain circumstances. 
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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 ‘‘Personnel Integrity in 
Veterans Affairs Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF ANNUAL PERFORM-
ANCE PLANS FOR DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS POLITICAL APPOINTEES. 
Section 725 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the completion of an annual perform-
ance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit the 
plan to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives.’’. 
SEC. 3. 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: 
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‘‘§ 729. Notation in Department of Veterans Affairs 
employee personnel record file of eligible 
personnel investigation 
‘‘(a) NOTATION REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding section 
3322 of title 5 or chapter 74 of this title, with respect to 
a covered employee who is the subject of an eligible per-
sonnel investigation and who resigns, retires, transfers, or 
otherwise separates from employment with the Department 
prior to the resolution of such eligible personnel investiga-
tion, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) continue such eligible personnel investiga-
tion until it is completed; and 
‘‘(2) not later than 40 days after the date such 
eligible personnel investigation is completed, make a 
permanent notation of such eligible personnel inves-
tigation in the official personnel record file of such 
covered employee. 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN CONSIDERATION PROHIBITED.—In car-
rying out an eligible personnel investigation, the Secretary 
may not consider the resignation, retirement, transfer, or 
any other separation from employment with the Depart-
ment of the covered employee subject to such eligible per-
sonnel investigation. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Prior to making a 
permanent notation in the official personnel record of a cov-
ered employee under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(1) notify the employee in writing within 5 
days of the resolution of the eligible personnel inves-
tigation and provide such covered employee a copy of 
the adverse finding and any supporting documenta-
tion; 
‘‘(2) provide the covered employee with a reason-
able time, but not less than 30 days, to respond in 
writing and to furnish affidavits and other documen-
tary evidence to show why the adverse finding was 
unfounded (a summary of which shall be included in 
any notation made to the personnel file of such em-
ployee under subsection (e)); and 
‘‘(3) provide a written decision and the specific 
reasons therefore to the employee at the earliest prac-
ticable date. 
‘‘(d) RIGHT TO APPEAL.—A covered employee is enti-
tled to appeal the decision of the Secretary to make a per-
manent notation under subsection (a) to— 
‘‘(1) the Merit Systems Protection Board under 
section 7701 of title 5; and 
‘‘(2) a Disciplinary Appeals Board under section 
7464 of this title. 
‘‘(e) NOTATION OF APPEAL.—(1) If a covered employee 
files an appeal with the Merit Systems Protection Board 
pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall make a nota-
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tion in the official personnel record file of the covered em-
ployee indicating that an appeal disputing the notation is 
pending not later than 2 weeks after the date on which such 
appeal was filed. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary is the prevailing party on appeal, 
not later than 2 weeks after the date that the Board issues 
the appeal decision, the Secretary shall remove the notation 
made under paragraph (1) from the official personnel 
record file of the covered employee. 
‘‘(3) If the covered employee is the prevailing party 
on appeal, not later than 2 weeks after the date that the 
Board issues the appeal decision, the Secretary shall remove 
the notation made under paragraph (1) and the notation 
of an adverse finding made under subsection (a) from the 
official personnel record file of the covered employee. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered employee’ means an em-
ployee in the competitive service, the excepted service, 
or the Senior Executive Service within the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘eligible personnel investigation’— 
‘‘(A) means a personnel investigation that 
commences not later than 60 days after the date 
on which the covered employee subject to such 
personnel investigation resigns, retires, transfers, 
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or otherwise separates from employment with the 
Department; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) an investigation by an Inspector 
General; and 
‘‘(ii) a prospective investigation that 
may recommend an adverse personnel ac-
tion as a result of alleged performance, mis-
conduct, or for such cause as will promote 
the efficiency of the service under— 
‘‘(I) chapter 43 of title 5; 
‘‘(II) chapter 75 of such title; 
‘‘(III) chapter 74 of this title; or 
‘‘(IV) section 501 of this title; 
‘‘(iii) an adverse personnel action as a 
result of performance, misconduct, or for 
such cause as will promote the efficiency of 
the service under the provisions specified in 
subclauses (I) through (IV) of clause (ii); 
‘‘(iv) an internal investigation carried 
out by the Secretary, including through— 
‘‘(I) the Office of Accountability 
and Whistleblower Protection of the 
Department; 
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‘‘(II) the Office of the Medical In-
spector of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration; and 
‘‘(III) the General Counsel of the 
Department; and 
‘‘(v) an investigation carried out by 
the head of any other Federal agency re-
sponsible for investigation allegations of em-
ployee misconduct, including the head of— 
‘‘(I) the Office of the Special 
Counsel; and 
‘‘(II) the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission.’’. 
(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.’’. 
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN FEES. 
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 15, 
2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 29, 
2031’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 511 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7734 
[Report No. 118–613] 
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. 
JULY 30, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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