VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1133
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2019-02-08
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: 2020-03-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019</strong></p> <p>This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence; peer review; or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1133 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2019 Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Cooper , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Higgins of New York , Ms. Norton , Mr. Schiff , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Rush , Mr. McGovern , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Hill of California , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Gomez , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Ms. Eshoo , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Jayapal , and Mr. Carbajal ) introduced the following bill; which was 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Employee Fairness Act of 2019 . 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 (b).