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             RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 115-18  
             
             VET PROTECTION ACT OF 2017  
             
   [Showing the text of H.R. 1461 as ordered reported by the  
        Committee on Veterans' Affairs]  
        
        
        
1  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.  

2       This Act may be cited as the "Veterans, Employees,  

3  and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2017" or the "VET Pro- 

4  tection Act of 2017".  

5  SEC. 2. LABOR MANAGEMENT IN DEPARTMENT OF VET-

6                 ERANS AFFAIRS.  

7       (a) IN GENERAL.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United  

8  States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 

9  lowing new subchapter:  

10       "SUBCHAPTER III--LABOR MANAGEMENT  

11  "ï¿½ 741. Records on use of official time  

12      "(a) TRACKING OF OFFICIAL TIME.-The Secretary  

13  shall track the use of official time by employees of the  

14  Department of Veterans Affairs in a manner that accounts  

15  for such time accurately and to a specific degree without  

16  the use of estimates or ranges of time.  

17       "(b) ANNUAL REPORT.--(1) Not later than Decem- 

18  ber 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Of-

19  fice of Personnel Management and the Committees on  



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