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Union Calendar No. 446 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1948 
[Report No. 117–618] 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to 
the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2021 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROWN
of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
COOPER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of 
Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HIGGINS of New 
York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. KAHELE, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 
LAMB, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN 
of Michigan, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MCBATH, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. NEWMAN, 
Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PINGREE, 
Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 
SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TRONE, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
LEVIN of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
PRESSLEY, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
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Additional sponsors: Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. NADLER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. PALLONE, 
Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. TONKO, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, 
Mr. CROW, Mr. KILMER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of 
Florida, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. JONES, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SOTO, 
Ms. WEXTON, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
BASS, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. DEAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. WATERS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. GAR-
CIA of Texas, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. TORRES of 
New York, Mr. WELCH, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. ROSS, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mrs. TORRES of 
California, Mr. BERA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BUSH, 
Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. 
STANSBURY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CRIST, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. JACKSON 
LEE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. 
LIEU, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. FLETCHER, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 
THOMPSON
of Mississippi, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. SCANLON, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 
Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MAN-
NING, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. BEYER, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. WILD, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, 
Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. STAN-
TON, Mr. RYAN of New York, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
MFUME, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. BACON, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. BLUNT 
ROCHESTER, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. HIMES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
SCHRADER, Mr. KIND, Mrs. PELTOLA, and Mr. KEATING 
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Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities 
relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the 
Veterans Health Administration. 
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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 ‘‘VA Employee Fairness 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES ON COLLECTIVE 
BARGAINING OF EMPLOYEES OF THE VET-
ERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 7422 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (b). 
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Union Calendar No. 446 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1948 
[Report No. 117–618] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify 
authorities relating to the collective bargaining of 
employees in the Veterans Health Administra-
tion. 
DECEMBER 12, 2022 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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