Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1257
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2015-05-07
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: 2015-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals the exclusion from the collective bargaining rights of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employees of regulations of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) addressing any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation.</p> <p>As a result VHA employees may participate in collective bargaining with the VA over such regulations.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1257 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2015 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Sanders , 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, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015 . 2. 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).