Sec. 123. Retention of records of reprimands and admonishments received by employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs
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Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 716, as added by section 122, the following new section: Except as provided in subsection (b), if any employee of the Department receives a reprimand or admonishment from the Secretary, the Secretary shall retain a copy of such reprimand or admonishment in the permanent record of the employee for not less than three years after the date on which the employee received the reprimand or admonishment. After the end of the three-year period specified in subsection
(a)with respect to a reprimand or admonishment received by an employee, the Secretary shall remove the reprimand or admonishment, as the case may be, from the permanent record of the employee on the earlier of the following: The date on which the Secretary determines that the reprimand or admonishment merits removal from the permanent record of the employee. The date that is five years after the date on which the employee received the reprimand or admonishment. If an employee receives a reprimand or admonishment that the employee believes he or she received improperly, the employee may immediately appeal the reprimand or admonishment. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 716, as added by section 122, the following new item: 717. Record of reprimands and admonishments. .