A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration.

Bill: 113-s-1556
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2013-09-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Veterans Affairs

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Health personnel

Labor-management relations

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Repeals federal provisions that prohibit collective bargaining and related grievance procedures provided under a collective bargaining agreement for certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from covering any matter or question concerning or arising out of: (1) professional conduct or competence; (2) peer review; or (3) the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1556 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 27, 2013 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Begich , and Mr. Merkley ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration.

1. Modification of authorities on collective bargaining of employees of the Veterans 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 subsection (c).