Title: SEA Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Department of Veterans Affairs Senior Executive Accountability Act of 2018 or the SEA Act
This bill prohibits an individual employed in a senior executive position at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from being reassigned to another such position unless such reassignment is approved in writing and signed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
The VA shall report to Congress on such reassignments biannually.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2382 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2382

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for requirements 
 relating to the reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior 
              executive employees, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2018

 Mr. Tillis (for himself and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for requirements 
 relating to the reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior 
              executive employees, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Senior Executive Accountability Act of 2018'' or the ``SEA Act''.

SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON REASSIGNMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS SENIOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES.

    (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:
``Sec. 727. Reassignment of senior executives
    ``(a) Approval of Reassignments.--No individual employed in a 
senior executive position at the Department may be reassigned to 
another such position at the Department unless such reassignment is 
approved in writing and signed by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Semiannual Reports Required.--Not later than June 30 and 
December 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the reassignment of individuals employed in senior executive 
positions at the Department to other such positions at the Department 
during the period covered by the report. Each such report shall 
describe the purpose of each such reassignment and the costs associated 
with such reassignment.
    ``(c) Senior Executive Position Defined.--In this section, the term 
`senior executive position' has the meaning given such term in section 
713(d) of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
725 the following new item:

``727. Reassignment of senior executives.''.
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