Right to Representation for Department of Veterans Affairs Workers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6014 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6014

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide covered employees of 
 the Department of Veterans Affairs the right to be represented during 
   examinations that may result in disciplinary actions against the 
                           covered employee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2025

  Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. 
  Budzinski, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Conaway, Ms. Brownley, and Ms. Tlaib) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide covered employees of 
 the Department of Veterans Affairs the right to be represented during 
   examinations that may result in disciplinary actions against the 
                           covered employee.

    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 ``Right to Representation for 
Department of Veterans Affairs Workers Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 707 the following 
new section:
``Sec. 708. Covered employees: right to representation during 
              examinations
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall give to each covered 
employee an opportunity to be represented by a representative of the 
choice of, on duty time if applicable, the covered employee at any 
examination of such covered employee if--
            ``(1) the covered employee believes that the examination 
        may result in disciplinary action against the covered employee; 
        and
            ``(2) the covered employee requests the representation.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered employee' means an individual 
        occupying a position at the Department, but does not include--
                    ``(A) an individual occupying a senior executive 
                position (as defined in section 713(d) of this title);
                    ``(B) an individual appointed pursuant to sections 
                7306, 7401(4), or 7405 of this title; or
                    ``(C) a political appointee.
            ``(2) The term `political appointee' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 714(h) of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 707 the following new item:

``708. Employee right to representation.''.
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