[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4031 Received in Senate (RDS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4031


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 22, 2014

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal of 
   Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of Veterans 
            Affairs for performance, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Management Accountability Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR PERFORMANCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 713. Senior Executive Service: removal based on performance
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may remove any individual from the Senior Executive Service 
if the Secretary determines the performance of the individual warrants 
such removal. If the Secretary so removes such an individual, the 
Secretary may--
            ``(1) remove the individual from Federal service; or
            ``(2) transfer the individual to a General Schedule 
        position at any grade of the General Schedule the Secretary 
        determines appropriate.
    ``(b) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after removing an 
individual from the Senior Executive Service under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives notice in writing of such removal 
and the reason for such removal.
    ``(c) Manner of Removal.--A removal under this section shall be 
done in the same manner as the removal of a professional staff member 
employed by a Member of Congress.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``713. Senior Executive Service: removal based on performance.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 21, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.