[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 93 (Thursday, June 11, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1999. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. RETENTION OF RECORDS OF REPRIMANDS AND 
                   ADMONISHMENTS RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 714. Record of reprimands and admonishments

       ``If any employee of the Department receives a reprimand or 
     admonishment, the Secretary shall retain a copy of such 
     reprimand or admonishment in the permanent record of the 
     employee as long as the employee is employed by the 
     Department.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new item:

``714. Record of reprimands and admonishments.''.
                                 ______