Sec. 3. Required probationary period for new employees of Department of Veterans Affairs
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Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: Notwithstanding sections 3321 and 3393(d) of title 5, the appointment of a covered employee shall become final only after such employee has served a probationary period of 18 months. The Secretary may extend a probationary period under this subsection at the discretion of the Secretary. In this section, the term covered employee — means any individual— appointed to a permanent position within the competitive service at the Department; or appointed as a career appointee (as that term is defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5) within the Senior Executive Service at the Department; and does not include any individual with a probationary period prescribed by section 7403 of this title.
Upon the expiration of a covered employee’s probationary period under subsection (a), the supervisor of the employee shall determine whether the appointment becomes final based on regulations prescribed for such purpose by the Secretary. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item: 717. Probationary period for employees. . Title 5, United States Code, is amended— in section 3321(c)— by striking Service or and inserting Service, ; and by inserting at the end before the period the following: , or any individual covered by section 717 of title 38 ; and in section 3393(d), by adding at the end after the period the following:
The preceding sentence shall not apply to any individual covered by section 717 of title 38. . Section 717 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply to any covered employee (as that term is defined in subsection
(b)of such section 717, as so added) appointed after the date of the enactment of this Act.