[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3594 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3594

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure compliance with 
    veterans' preference requirements at the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 1996

  Mr. Buyer (for himself, Mr. Filner, and Mr. Solomon) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure compliance with 
    veterans' preference requirements at the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH VETERANS' PREFERENCE REQUIREMENTS TO 
              BE TREATED AS A PROHIBITED PERSONNEL PRACTICE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 713. Failure to comply with veterans' preference requirements to 
              be treated as a prohibited personnel practice
    ``(a) An employee of the Department who has authority to take, 
direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, 
shall not, with respect to such authority, take or fail to take any 
personnel action with respect to an employee or applicant for 
employment if the taking of or failure to take such action would 
violate any law, rule, or regulation implementing, or directly 
concerning, veterans' preference.
    ``(b) A failure to comply with subsection (a) shall be treated as a 
prohibited personnel practice.
    ``(c) The Secretary shall, not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this section, submit a written report to each House 
of Congress with respect to--
            ``(1) the implementation of this section; and
            ``(2) the administration of veterans' preference 
        requirements by the Department generally.
    ``(d) For the purpose of this section, the terms `personnel action' 
and `prohibited personnel practice' shall have the respective meanings 
given them by section 2302 of title 5.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 712 the following:

``Sec. 713. Failure to comply with veterans' preference requirements to 
                            be treated as a prohibited personnel 
                            practice.''.
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