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                                                 Union Calendar No. 446
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1948

                          [Report No. 117-618]

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating 
   to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health 
                            Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2021

Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
Cardenas, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. 
 Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
  Gallego, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, 
    Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jacobs of 
  California, Mr. Kahele, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, 
   Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of 
   California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Luria, Mr. 
 Lynch, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Mrvan, 
   Ms. Newman, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
   Pingree, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Ms. 
   Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Sires, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
 Suozzi, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Titus, Mr. Trone, Mr. Vargas, Mrs. Dingell, 
    Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Levin of 
 California, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Omar, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Ryan 
  of Ohio, Mr. San Nicolas, Mr. DeFazio, and Mr. Garcia of Illinois) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs


                           December 12, 2022

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Bowman, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Castro of 
  Texas, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Pallone, Ms. 
     Porter, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Thompson of 
  California, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New 
   York, Mr. Allred, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Sean 
  Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. Crow, Mr. 
Kilmer, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Sablan, 
Mrs. Axne, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Jones, Ms. Meng, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
  Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Costa, Mr. Soto, Ms. Wexton, Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. 
   Carson, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Bass, Mr. Casten, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
 Sarbanes, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Dean, Ms. DeGette, 
  Mr. Gomez, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Peters, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Price of North 
Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Waters, Ms. Barragan, Ms. 
 Garcia of Texas, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Torres of 
   New York, Mr. Welch, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. 
Lofgren, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Ross, Ms. Sanchez, Mrs. Torres of California, 
 Mr. Bera, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Bush, Ms. Escobar, 
  Mr. Foster, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Harder of California, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. 
Yarmuth, Mr. Crist, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Clark 
 of Massachusetts, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Doggett, 
Ms. Brown of Ohio, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. 
  Pascrell, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. 
    Scanlon, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Adams, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. 
Butterfield, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. 
  Manning, Mr. McNerney, Ms. Stevens, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Beyer, Ms. 
     DelBene, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Larson of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Moulton, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Wild, Mrs. Watson Coleman, 
     Mr. Malinowski, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Craig, Mrs. Demings, Mr. 
  Fitzpatrick, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
 Morelle, Mr. McEachin, Mr. Golden, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Ryan of New York, 
  Ms. Schrier, Mr. Correa, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Deutch, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. 
   David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Spanberger, Mr. Bacon, Ms. 
Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Auchincloss, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Underwood, 
Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Himes, Ms. Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
           Schrader, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Peltola, and Mr. Keating


                           December 12, 2022

  Reported from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating 
   to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health 
                            Administration.


 


    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 ``VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OF 
              EMPLOYEES OF THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 7422 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (b).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 446

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1948

                          [Report No. 117-618]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating 
   to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health 
                            Administration.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 12, 2022

   Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
                    Union and ordered to be printed