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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and…

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A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 2009
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-76.
Jan 30, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 30, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1127-1128)
Jan 30, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals specified exceptions to rights of certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees to engage in collective bargaining.

Requires a final decision of the VA with respect to the review of an adverse personnel action against a VA employee to be issued not later than 60 days after such action has been appealed. Subjects such decision to judicial review in the appropriate U.S. District Court or, if the decision is made by a labor arbitrator, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

What's happening now April 22, 2009

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-76.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 13, 2010
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 8, 2010
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 30, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 362: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-362/
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"S. 362: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the collective bargaining rights and procedures for review of adverse actions of certain employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-362/.
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S. 362, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-362/.
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