[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 572 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 572

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on 
 collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding 
 compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other 
            than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2011

  Mr. Brown of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
   Franken, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Begich) 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 repeal the prohibition on 
 collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding 
 compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other 
            than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH RESPECT 
              TO COMPENSATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN RATES OF BASIC PAY.

    Subsections (b) and (d) of section 7422 of title 38, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ``compensation'' both places it appears 
and inserting ``rates of basic pay''.
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