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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5620 (Referred in Senate) — To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veter... · Sec. 16

Sec. 16. Review of whistleblower complaints

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Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 711 the following new section: During each calendar quarter, the Secretary shall review each covered whistleblower complaint that is filed during the previous calendar quarter. The Secretary may only delegate the authority of the Secretary under subsection
(a)to review a covered whistleblower complaint, without further delegation, to— the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs; the Under Secretary for Health; the Under Secretary for Benefits; the Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs; an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs; a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a director of the Veterans Integrated Service Network. In this section, the term covered whistleblower complaint means any complaint filed with the Office of the Special Counsel under subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5 with respect to a prohibited personnel practice committed by an officer or employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs and described in section 2302(b)(8) or 2302(b)(9)(A)(i), (B), (C), or
(D)of such title. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 711 the following new item: 712. Review of whistleblower complaints. .
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