VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1948
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2021-03-16
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: 2022-12-15
text: Received in the Senate.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021</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>

action_date: 2022-12-12
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><strong>VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021</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>

action_date: 2022-12-15
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021</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: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1948 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 15, 2022 Received AN ACT 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 2021 . 2. Modification of authorities on collective bargaining of employees of the Veterans Health Administration (a) In general 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). (b) Rule of construction The amendments made by subsection (a) may not be construed to affect the authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding incentive pay and expedited hiring under section 706 of title 38, United States Code, or other similar provisions of law.

Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 2022. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk Kevin F. McCumber, Deputy Clerk

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1948 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2021 Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Brown , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Chu , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Evans , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Hastings , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Higgins of New York , Ms. Norton , Ms. Jacobs of California , Mr. Kahele , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Luria , Mr. Lynch , Mrs. McBath , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Mrvan , Ms. Newman , Mr. Norcross , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Pingree , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Rush , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Schiff , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Sires , Ms. Speier , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Swalwell , Ms. Titus , Mr. Trone , Mr. Vargas , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Levin of California , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Omar , Mr. Payne , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Ryan , Mr. San Nicolas , Mr. DeFazio , and Mr. García of Illinois ) 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 2021 . 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).

tv_txt: IB 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1948 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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 2021 . 2. Modification of authorities on collective bargaining of employees of the Veterans Health Administration (a) In general 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). (b) Rule of construction The amendments made by subsection (a) may not be construed to affect the authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding incentive pay and expedited hiring under section 706 of title 38, United States Code, or other similar provisions of law.

Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 2022. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 446 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1948 [Report No. 117–618] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2021 Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Chu , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Evans , Mr. Gallego , Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Hastings , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. Higgins of New York , Ms. Norton , Ms. Jacobs of California , Mr. Kahele , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. Lamb , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Luria , Mr. Lynch , Mrs. McBath , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Mrvan , Ms. Newman , Mr. Norcross , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Pingree , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Ruppersberger , Mr. Rush , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Schiff , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Sires , Ms. Speier , Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Swalwell , Ms. Titus , Mr. Trone , Mr. Vargas , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Levin of California , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Omar , Mr. Payne , Ms. Pressley , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. San Nicolas , Mr. DeFazio , and Mr. García of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs December 12, 2022 Additional sponsors: Mr. Bowman , Ms. Castor of Florida , Mr. Castro of Texas , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Nadler , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Mr. Pallone , Ms. Porter , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Huffman , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Mr. Allred , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mr. Crow , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida , Mr. Sablan , Mrs. Axne , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Jones , Ms. Meng , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Costa , Mr. Soto , Ms. Wexton , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Carson , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Bass , Mr. Casten , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Sarbanes , Mrs. Beatty , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Dean , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Gomez , Ms. Kuster , Mr. Peters , Mr. Phillips , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Ms. Waters , Ms. Barragán , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Kim of New Jersey , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Torres of New York , Mr. Welch , Mr. Aguilar , Mr. Horsford , Mr. Jeffries , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Neguse , Ms. Ross , Ms. Sánchez , Mrs. Torres of California , Mr. Bera , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Bush , Ms. Escobar , Mr. Foster , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Harder of California , Ms. Stansbury , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Crist , Mr. Sherman , Ms. Jackson Lee , Ms. Sewell , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Doggett , Ms. Brown of Ohio , Mrs. Fletcher , Ms. Matsui , Ms. Davids of Kansas , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Ruiz , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Cicilline , Ms. Scanlon , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Ms. Adams , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Carter of Louisiana , Mr. Courtney , Mr. Gottheimer , Ms. Manning , Mr. McNerney , Ms. Stevens , Ms. Strickland , Mr. Beyer , Ms. DelBene , Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Mr. Moulton , Mrs. Trahan , Ms. Wild , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Malinowski , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. Craig , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Green of Texas , Mrs. Lee of Nevada , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Morelle , Mr. McEachin , Mr. Golden , Mr. Stanton , Mr. Ryan of New York , Ms. Schrier , Mr. Correa , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Deutch , Ms. DeLauro , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Mr. Mfume , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Bacon , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Auchincloss , Ms. Leger Fernandez , Ms. Underwood , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Ms. Houlahan , Mr. Himes , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Kind , Mrs. Peltola , and Mr. Keating December 12, 2022 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 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 2021 . 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).

December 12, 2022 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed