VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2788
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-04-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of Veterans Affairs

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the cap on the number of full-time employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.</p>

action_date: 2021-05-17
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the cap on the number of full-time employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.</p>

action_date: 2021-05-18
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the cap on the number of full-time employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2788 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2021 Mr. Lamb (for himself and Mr. Mann ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act . 2. Elimination of cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling (a) In general Section 516 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (g); and (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g). (b) Report Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the effect of the amendment under subsection (a).

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2788 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act . 2. Elimination of cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling (a) In general Section 516 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (g); and (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g). (b) Report Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the effect of the amendment under subsection (a).

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 20 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2788 [Report No. 117–35] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 22, 2021 Mr. Lamb (for himself and Mr. Mann ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs May 17, 2021 Reported from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs ; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act . 2. Elimination of cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling (a) In general Section 516 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (g); and (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g). (b) Report Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the effect of the amendment under subsection (a).

May 17, 2021 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2788 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Equal Employment Opportunity Counselor Modernization Act . 2. Elimination of cap on full-time employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs who provide equal employment opportunity counseling (a) In general Section 516 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (g); and (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (g). (b) Report Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the effect of the amendment under subsection (a).

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk