3.0.0 571 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z House HR 2015-01-27 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MILLER of Florida:H.R. 571.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H640]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Reported by 2015-04-21T21:05:25Z Markup by 2015-04-21T21:05:02Z Hearings by 2015-03-19T17:49:37Z Referred to 2015-02-06T20:44:31Z hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Discharged from 2015-03-13T15:13:39Z Referred to 2015-02-06T22:29:37Z Markup by 2015-05-21T13:18:47Z Referred to 2015-01-27T17:03:15Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-01-27T17:03:20Z Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 114 2806 S 2016-04-18 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 424. Related bill CRS Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act 114 5325 HR 2016-09-29 Became Public Law No: 114-223. Related bill CRS 2015-05-21 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2015-05-21 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2015-04-21 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2015-04-21 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2015-03-19 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2015-03-13 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged. Committee 2015-02-06 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2015-02-06 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Committee 2015-01-27 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-01-27 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-27 Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 N C001106 Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] Ryan Costello R PA A. 6 2015-02-11 False R000591 Rep. Roby, Martha [R-AL-2] Martha Roby R AL 2 2015-02-11 False H001057 Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1] Tim Huelskamp R KS 1 2015-02-11 False C001077 Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] Mike Coffman R CO 6 2015-02-11 False C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2015-02-12 False L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2015-02-20 False W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2015-02-25 False W000813 Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] Jackie Walorski R IN 2 2015-03-19 False T000475 Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] David Trott R MI A. 11 2015-04-13 False S001192 Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] Chris Stewart R UT 2 2015-04-13 False M001151 Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] Tim Murphy R PA 18 2015-04-14 False C001048 Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7] JOHN CULBERSON R TX ABNEY 7 2015-04-15 False R000598 Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] Keith Rothfus R PA J. 12 2015-05-12 False K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] Mike Kelly R PA 3 2015-06-15 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42] KEN CALVERT R CA 42 2016-07-07 False 2015-07-15T20:18:19Z H.R. 571, Veterans Affairs Retaliation Prevention Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50399 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 21, 2015 Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Department of Veterans Affairs Employee performance Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Legal fees and court costs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-01-27 Introduced in House 2015-03-18T15:03:29Z Veterans Affairs Retaliation Prevention Act of 2015

Authorizes a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee to file a whistleblower complaint with his or her immediate supervisor. Gives that supervisor two business days to determine and notify the employee as to whether there is a reasonable likelihood that the complaint discloses a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. Requires that supervisor to include in the employee notification specific actions that the supervisor will take to address a complaint deemed reasonably valid.

Authorizes an employee whose supervisor fails to make a timely determination regarding the complaint or address the complaint to the employee's satisfaction, to file such complaint with the next-level supervisor, who shall make a determination regarding the complaint in accordance with the procedures this Act requires the immediate supervisor to follow.

Authorizes an employee to file a whistleblower complaint with the VA Secretary if the employee has filed such complaint with each level of supervisors between the employee and the Secretary in accordance with such procedures.

Requires each employee who receives a positive determination from a supervisor regarding a complaint to be: (1) informed by the Secretary of the employee's ability to volunteer for a transfer, and (2) given transfer preference.

Directs the Secretary to carry out the following adverse actions against VA employees who are determined to have committed a prohibited personnel action relating to whistleblower complaints: (1) not less than a 14-day suspension, and not more than removal, for a first offense, and (2) removal for a second offense. Gives employees no more than five days following notification of such a proposed adverse action to dispute it.

Requires the Secretary to charge an offending employee a fee that takes into account the costs borne by the federal government due to such prohibited personnel action.

Requires the Secretary, when evaluating a supervisor's performance, to take into account any failure to follow this Act's procedures or any commission of a prohibited personnel action relating to a whistleblower complaint. Denies awards or bonuses to supervisors found to have committed such prohibited personnel actions.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide each VA employee with annual training regarding whistleblower complaints; (2) provide annual training on merit system protection that the Special Counsel certifies as satisfactory; and (3) publish on the VA's website and prominently display at VA facilities the rights of an employee to file, and to petition Congress regarding, a whistleblower complaint.

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