VA Employee Fairness Act of 2024
The VA Employee Fairness Act of 2024 modifies collective bargaining rules for employees of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). It removes existing subsections (b), (c), and (d) from the law governing VHA employee bargaining and renumbers the remaining provision. This change streamlines the collective bargaining framework but does not alter the Secretary of Veterans Affairs' existing authorities over incentive pay and expedited hiring. The bill directly affects VHA employees by changing how their collective bargaining rights are structured under federal law. The law remains neutral, focusing solely on procedural adjustments to the existing bargaining framework.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 25, 2024
Last action Oct 22, 2024
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Oct 22, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
lower
Sep 25, 2024
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Sep 25, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 136 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Takano
DDemocratic
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
Co
Al Green
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Salinas
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Angie Craig
DDemocratic
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