[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2324 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2324

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that employees 
   appointed under chapters 73 and 74 of that title have protection 
            against certain prohibited personnel practices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 26 (legislative day, July 20), 1994

 Mr. Rockefeller (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
     read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that employees 
   appointed under chapters 73 and 74 of that title have protection 
            against certain prohibited personnel practices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROTECTION AGAINST CERTAIN PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 74 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 7427. Protection from prohibited personnel practices
    ``(a)(1) The provisions of law referred to in paragraph (2) apply 
to any individual appointed as an employee of the Veterans Health 
Administration under chapter 73 of this title or under this chapter.
    ``(2) The provisions of law referred to in paragraph (1) are 
sections 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1221, 1222, and 2302 of title 5.
    ``(b) The authority of the Merit Systems Protection Board and of 
the Office of Special Counsel to review any personnel action under the 
authority provided for under a provision of law referred to in 
subsection (a) shall apply only to the extent specified in the 
provision of law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
7426 the following new item:

``7427. Protection from prohibited personnel practices.''.
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