[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3373 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3373

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
      Veterans Affairs to review certain whistleblower complaints.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

Mr. Lowenthal 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 direct the Secretary of 
      Veterans Affairs to review certain whistleblower complaints.

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

SECTION 1. REVIEW OF WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 711 the following new section:
``Sec. 712. Review of whistleblower complaints
    ``(a) In General.--During each calendar quarter, the Secretary 
shall review each covered whistleblower complaint that is filed during 
the previous calendar quarter.
    ``(b) Delegation.--The Secretary may only delegate the authority of 
the Secretary under subsection (a) to review a covered whistleblower 
complaint, without further delegation, to--
            ``(1) the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
            ``(2) the Under Secretary for Health;
            ``(3) the Under Secretary for Benefits;
            ``(4) the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs;
            ``(5) an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
            ``(6) a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
            ``(7) a director of the Veterans Integrated Service 
        Network.
    ``(c) Covered Whistleblower Complaint Defined.--In this section, 
the term `covered whistleblower complaint' means any complaint filed 
with the Office of the Special Counsel under subchapter II of chapter 
12 of title 5 with respect to a prohibited personnel practice committed 
by an officer or employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
described in section 2302(b)(8) or 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or (D) 
of such title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
711 the following new item:

``712. Review of whistleblower complaints.''.
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