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U.S. Code › Title 38 › Part V › Chapter 74 › Subchapter I › § 7403
38 U.S. Code § 7403 - Period of appointments; promotions
§ 7403.
Period of appointments; promotions
(2) This section applies to the following persons appointed under this chapter:
(1) Upon the recommendation of the Under Secretary for Health, the Secretary may—
use the authority in subsection (a) to establish the qualifications for and (subject to paragraph (2)) to appoint individuals to positions listed in section 7401(3) of this title; and
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title or other law, all matters relating to adverse actions, reductions-in-force, the applicability of the principles of preference referred to in paragraph (2), rights of part-time employees, disciplinary actions, and grievance procedures involving individuals appointed to such positions, whether appointed under this section or section 7405(a)(1)(B) of this title (including similar actions and procedures involving an employee in a probationary status), shall be resolved under the provisions of title 5 as though such individuals had been appointed under that title.
(1) The Secretary may appoint in the competitive civil service without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title) an individual who—
If the Secretary uses the authority provided in subsection (c) for the promotion and advancement of an occupational category of employees described in section 7401(3) of this title, as authorized by subsection (f)(1)(B), the Secretary shall do so through one or more systems prescribed by the Secretary. Each such system shall be planned, developed, and implemented in collaboration with, and with the participation of, exclusive employee representatives of such occupational category of employees.
(4) If the Secretary receives recommendations under paragraph (2) from exclusive employee representatives on any part of a proposed system of promotion and advancement under that paragraph, the Secretary shall determine whether or not to accept the recommendations, either in whole or in part. If the Secretary determines not to accept all or part of the recommendations, the Secretary shall—
(D) if the Secretary determines that activities under subparagraph (B), (C), or both are unsuccessful at reaching such agreement and determines (in the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Secretary) that further meeting and conferral under subparagraph (B), mediation under subparagraph (C), or both are unlikely to reach such agreement—
(6) In implementing a system of promotion and advancement under this subsection, the Secretary shall—
(D) The Secretary shall promptly submit to the congressional veterans’ affairs committees a report on any modification of a system. Each report shall include—
(Added Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 401(b)(2), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 224; amended Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984; Pub. L. 108–170, title III, §§ 301(b), 302(c), Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2055, 2058; Pub. L. 111–163, title VI, § 601(b), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1168.)
2010—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–163, § 601(b)(1), substituted “Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, appointments” for “Appointments”.
Subsec. (b)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 111–163, § 601(b)(2), (3), added pars. (2) and (3) and redesignated former par. (2) as (4).
2003—Subsec. (a)(2)(H). Pub. L. 108–170, § 302(c), added subpar. (H).
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 108–170, § 301(b)(1), inserted “reductions-in-force, the applicability of the principles of preference referred to in paragraph (2), rights of part-time employees,” after “adverse actions,”, “, whether appointed under this section or section 7405(a)(1)(B) of this title” after “such positions”, and comma after “status)”.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 108–170, § 301(b)(2), added subsec. (h).
1992—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 102–405 substituted “Under Secretary for Health” for “Chief Medical Director”.
Amendment by section 302(c) of Pub. L. 108–170 effective at end of 180-day period beginning on Dec. 6, 2003, see section 302(h) of Pub. L. 108–170, set out as a note under section 7316 of this title.