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S 1556 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel Labor-management relations Veterans' medical care

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration.

Introduced: September 27, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 19, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Oct 30, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
Sep 27, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 27, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals federal provisions that prohibit collective bargaining and related grievance procedures provided under a collective bargaining agreement for certain employees of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from covering any matter or question concerning or arising out of: (1) professional conduct or competence; (2) peer review; or (3) the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation.

What's happening now November 19, 2013

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4580 Related bill Improving Clinical Care Workforce for Our Vets Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 27, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1556: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1556/
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"S. 1556: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify authorities relating to the collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1556/.
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S. 1556, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1556/.
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