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S 1257 114th 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

Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015

Introduced: May 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
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May 7, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 7, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015

This bill repeals the exclusion from the collective bargaining rights of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employees of regulations of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) addressing any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation.

As a result VHA employees may participate in collective bargaining with the VA over such regulations.

What's happening now May 7, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2193 Related bill VA Employee Fairness Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 7, 2015
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1257: Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1257/
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"S. 1257: Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Fairness Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1257/.
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S. 1257, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1257/.
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