Senate bill · S. 124 (119th Congress)
Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025
U.S. Senate
Summary
Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act of 2025 or the Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025 This bill modifies personnel action procedures regarding certain employees and executives of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill authorizes the VA to remove from civil service, demote, or suspend VA employees that are supervisors or managers if the VA determines by substantial evidence that the performance or misconduct of such individual warrants such action. This authority does not apply to certain appointees or individuals in their probationary or trial period. Supervisors or managers who are subject to a removal, demotion, or suspension under this bill are entitled to (1) advance notice of the action and supporting evidence, (2) representation by an attorney or representative, and (3) grieve the action in accordance with an internal grievance process. The bill also provides protections from removal, demotion, or suspension for supervisor or managers who are whistleblowers or are seeking corrective action for an alleged prohibited personnel practice such as discrimination. The bill also modifies the procedures to remove, demote, or suspend VA employees or senior executives based on performance or misconduct, specifically by requiring the VA to determine by substantial evidence that the performance or misconduct of the individual warrants such removal, demotion, or suspension. Such procedures must apply retroactively, beginning on the date of enactment of the Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (June 23, 2017).
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Committee
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · U.S. House of Representatives
Also referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · U.S. Senate.
Cosponsors
Ashley Moody, Bill Cassidy and 16 others
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- Ashley Moody
- Bill Cassidy
- Bill Hagerty
- Dan Sullivan
- James E. Risch
- Jim Banks
- John Boozman
- Kevin Cramer
- Marsha Blackburn
- Mike Rounds
- Pete Ricketts
- Rick Scott
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Full history
- Mar 11, 2025
In committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
U.S. Senate
- Mar 11, 2025
Hearing held
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
- Mar 11, 2025
Hearing held
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
- Mar 11, 2025
Hearing held
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-35.
- Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate
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- Jan 16, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 16, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Jan 16, 2025
Referred to committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.