VA Care and Benefits Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6015 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6015

 To affirm an agreement, and to nullify certain Executive orders that 
   relate to collective bargaining by employees of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2025

Mrs. Ramirez (for herself, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Takano, Mr. Conaway, Ms. 
   Pingree, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Norton, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. 
 Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Courtney, Ms. Craig, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Titus, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. 
 Elfreth, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Casar, Mr. Davis of 
      Illinois, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Carson, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Evans of 
  Pennsylvania, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mrs. Cherfilus-
   McCormick, Mr. Cohen, Mr. McGarvey, Ms. Brownley, and Ms. Tlaib) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To affirm an agreement, and to nullify certain Executive orders that 
   relate to collective bargaining by employees of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``VA Care and Benefits Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AFFIRMATION OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT REGARDING THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Any collective bargaining agreement in effect on March 26, 2025, 
between the Department of Veterans Affairs and any labor organization 
that was an exclusive representative of Federal employees, shall have 
full force and effect through the stated term of such collective 
bargaining agreement.

SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO EXCLUSIONS FROM 
              FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS PROGRAMS.

    Executive Order 14251 (90 Fed. Reg. 14553; relating to exclusions 
from Federal labor-management relations programs) and Executive Order 
14343 (90 Fed. Reg. 42683; relating to further exclusions from the 
Federal labor-management relations program) shall have no force or 
effect, and no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to carry out 
either such Executive order with regards to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs.
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