[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6538 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6538

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a definition of 
       ``establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee 
  compensation'' for purposes of the collective bargaining of certain 
               Department of Veterans Affairs employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2023

 Mr. Takano (for himself and Mr. Bost) 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 provide for a definition of 
       ``establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee 
  compensation'' for purposes of the collective bargaining of certain 
               Department of Veterans Affairs employees.

    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 Correct Compensation Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ``ESTABLISHMENT, DETERMINATION, OR ADJUSTMENT OF 
              EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION'' FOR PURPOSES OF THE COLLECTIVE 
              BARGAINING OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
              EMPLOYEES.

    Subsection (c) of section 7422 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) In this section:
            ``(1) The term `professional conduct or competence' means 
        any of the following:
                    ``(A) Direct patient care.
                    ``(B) Clinical competence.
            ``(2) The term `establishment, determination, or adjustment 
        of employee compensation'--
                    ``(A) means setting a rate of pay as required by 
                applicable law, rule, or regulation; and
                    ``(B) does not include a grievance challenging 
                whether an employee described in section 7421(b) of 
                this title has received the correct compensation as 
                required by law, rule, regulation, or binding 
                agreement.''.
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