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<dc:title>118 S4046 IS: Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2024</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-03-21</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>118th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 4046</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20240321">March 21, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S307">Mr. Brown</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S413">Mr. Padilla</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S366">Ms. Warren</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S253">Mr. Durbin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S341">Mr. Blumenthal</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S313">Mr. Sanders</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S229">Mrs. Murray</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S415">Mr. Warnock</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S361">Ms. Hirono</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S390">Mr. Van Hollen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S316">Mr. Whitehouse</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S424">Ms. Butler</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S308">Mr. Cardin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S422">Mr. Welch</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S369">Mr. Markey</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSVA00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>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.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H617E5263BD954546AA509C9CBEA6B1C9"><section section-type="section-one" id="HB6BCA74B135E479C97C4E47473B32F36"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2024</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HC7E3FDB4C21E4C72916EBC768170508C"><enum>2.</enum><header>Modification of authorities on collective bargaining of employees of the Veterans Health Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7422 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="HAC5C8EC2CF63465DBEB016C90B74082D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8428DBA9023F4B559E623E55644B7E37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (b).</text></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

