VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025
S 1650, the VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025, modifies collective bargaining rules for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employees. It removes existing subsections (b), (c), and (d) from Section 7422 of Title 38 and redesignates the current subsection (e) as (b). This change directly affects VHA health care workers who negotiate with management over wages, hours, and working conditions. The bill clarifies that these modifications do not impact the Secretary's existing authority over incentive pay and expedited hiring under Section 706 of Title 38.
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Introduction
May 2025
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Introduced May 7, 2025
Last action May 7, 2025
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May 7, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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May 7, 2025
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Introduced in Senate
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1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
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Tammy Duckworth
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
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Christopher Murphy
DDemocratic
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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John Fetterman
DDemocratic
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
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Patty Murray
DDemocratic
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Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
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