[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2870]
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  SA 5071. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health care and benefits for 
veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITS ON USE OF OFFICIAL TIME BY EMPLOYEES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       Section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Any employee'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (e), any 
     employee'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or (e)'' after 
     ``subsection (a)'';
       (3) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``provided in the preceding subsections of 
     this section'' and inserting ``provided otherwise under this 
     section''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) An employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     representing a labor organization (including an exclusive 
     representative) may not be authorized official time to 
     participate in--
       ``(1) any negotiations with respect to a collective 
     bargaining agreement under this chapter, including any 
     impasse proceeding; or
       ``(2) an arbitration proceeding in which the Department and 
     the labor organization are opposing parties.''.
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