,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,miller of ,florida 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,benishek1 ,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4     
,flores1 ,mr4 ,huelskamp1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1
 ,mr4 ,rothfus1 ,mrs4 ,walorski1 ,mr4   
,hudson1 and ,mr4 ,kelly of             
,pennsylvania7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide for the removal of ,senior   
,executive ,service employees of the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for   
performance1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,department of ,veterans        

,affairs ,management ,accountability    
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,removal of ,senior 
,executive ,service employees of the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for   
performance  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #g
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new section3  #gac4 ,senior   
,executive ,service3 removal based on   
performance  7a7 ,in general            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,secretary may remove any      
individual from the ,senior ,executive  
,service if the ,secretary determines   
the performance of the individual       
warrants such removal4 ,if the          
,secretary so removes such an           
individual1 the ,secretary may--  7#a7  
remove the individual from ,federal     
service2 or  7#b7 transfer the          
individual to a ,general ,schedule      
position at any grade of the ,general   
,schedule the ,secretary determines     
appropriate4  7b7 ,notice to ,congress  
,not later than #cj days after removing 

an individual from the ,senior          
,executive ,service under paragraph     
7#a71 the ,secretary shall submit to the
 ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of  
the ,senate and ,house of               
,representatives notice in writing of   
such removal and the reason for such    
removal4  7c7 ,manner of removal ,a     
removal under this section shall be done
 in the same manner as the removal of a 
professional staff member employed by a 
,member of ,congress4  4  7b7 ,clerical 
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
item3  #gac4 ,senior ,executive         
,service3 removal based on performance4 
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