RESTORE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3192 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3192

   To provide back pay to reinstated employees of the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2025

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide back pay to reinstated employees of the Department of 
               Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This Act may be cited as the Reinstating Employee Salaries To 
Original Rates and Entitlements Act'' or the ``RESTORE Act''.

SEC. 2. BACK PAY FOR REINSTATED EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) Back Pay.--Any individual who was an employee of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs (including employees who were serving under a 
probationary or trial period due to a promotion) and who was 
involuntarily removed and subsequently reinstated or appointed to a 
position at the Department during the period beginning on January 20, 
2025, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
entitled to back pay in accordance with section 5596 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (b) Limitation.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any individual 
removed from a political position.
    (c) Political Position Defined.--In this section, the term 
``political position'' means--
            (1) a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 
        of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive 
        Schedule);
            (2) a noncareer appointee (as that term is defined in 
        section 3132(a) of such title); or
            (3) a position in the executive branch of the Government of 
        a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C 
        of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
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