VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025

119 HR 3261 IH: VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-05-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3261 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 7, 2025 Mr. Takano (for himself, Ms. Sewell , Mr. Gomez , Ms. Sánchez , Ms. Waters , Mr. Peters , Mr. Vargas , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Larson of Connecticut , Ms. Norton , Mr. Frost , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mrs. McBath , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mrs. Ramirez , Ms. Budzinski , Mr. Mrvan , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Keating , Mr. Hoyer , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Conaway , Ms. Sherrill , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Kennedy of New York , Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania , Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Amo , Mr. Doggett , Ms. McClellan , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. McGarvey , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Foster , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mr. Subramanyam , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Morelle , Mr. Golden of Maine , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Craig , Mr. Norcross , Mr. Stanton , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Chu , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Strickland , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Stevens , Ms. Hoyle of Oregon , Ms. Omar , Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania , Ms. Titus , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Brown , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Goldman of New York , Mr. Bishop , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Gottheimer , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Thanedar , Ms. Dexter , Ms. McBride , Ms. Goodlander , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Levin , Ms. Salinas , Mr. Pappas , and Ms. Meng ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025 . 2. Modification of authorities on collective bargaining of employees of the Veterans Health Administration (a) In general 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). (b) Rule of construction The amendments made by subsection (a) may not be construed to affect the authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding incentive pay and expedited hiring under section 706 of title 38, United States Code, or other similar provisions of law.