,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #eaa #aahth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ggcd
 ,report ,no4 #aah-fac ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march  
#bj1 #bjbd,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of      
,florida introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,july #cj1         
#bjbd,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,march #bj1 #bjbd 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to require a notation in 
the personnel record file of certain    
employees of the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs who resign from      
,government employment under certain    
circumstances4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,personnel     
,integrity in ,veterans ,affairs ,act of

 #bjbd4  #b4 ,submission to ,congress of
 annual performance plans for           
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
political appointees ,section #gbe of   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsection 7c7 as subsection 7d72 and   
7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7b7  
the following new subsection 7c73  7c7  
,submission to ,congress ,not later than
 #cj days after the date of the         
completion of an annual performance     
under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary    
shall submit the plan to the ,committees
 on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate  
and ,house of ,representatives4  4  #c4 
,notation in ,department of ,veterans   
,affairs employee personnel record file 
of personnel investigation required  7a7
 ,in general ,subchapter ,i of chapter  
#g of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new section3  #gbi4 ,notation 
in ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
employee personnel record file of       

eligible personnel investigation  7a7   
,notation required ,notwithstanding     
section #ccbb of title #e or chapter #gd
 of this title1 with respect to a       
covered employee who is the subject of  
an eligible personnel investigation and 
who resigns1 retires1 transfers1 or     
otherwise separates from employment with
 the ,department prior to the resolution
 of such eligible personnel             
investigation1 the ,secretary shall--   
7#a7 continue such eligible personnel   
investigation until it is completed2 and
  7#b7 not later than #dj days after the
 date such eligible personnel           
investigation is completed1 make a      
permanent notation of such eligible     
personnel investigation in the official 
personnel record file of such covered   
employee4  7b7 ,certain consideration   
prohibited ,in carrying out an eligible 
personnel investigation1 the ,secretary 
may not consider the resignation1       
retirement1 transfer1 or any other      
separation from employment with the     

,department of the covered employee     
subject to such eligible personnel      
investigation4  7c7 ,notification       
required ,prior to making a permanent   
notation in the official personnel      
record of a covered employee under      
subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall--  
7#a7 notify the employee in writing     
within #e days of the resolution of the 
eligible personnel investigation and    
provide such covered employee a copy of 
the adverse finding and any supporting  
documentation2  7#b7 provide the covered
 employee with a reasonable time1 but   
not less than #cj days1 to respond in   
writing and to furnish affidavits and   
other documentary evidence to show why  
the adverse finding was unfounded 7a    
summary of which shall be included in   
any notation made to the personnel file 
of such employee under subsection 7e772 
and  7#c7 provide a written decision and
 the specific reasons therefore to the  
employee at the earliest practicable    
date4  7d7 ,right to appeal ,a covered  

employee is entitled to appeal the      
decision of the ,secretary to make a    
permanent notation under subsection 7a7 
to-- 7#a7 the ,merit ,systems           
,protection ,board under section #ggja  
of title #e2 and  7#b7 a ,disciplinary  
,appeals ,board under section #gdfd of  
this title4  7e7 ,notation of appeal    
7#a7 ,if a covered employee files an    
appeal with the ,merit ,systems         
,protection ,board pursuant to          
subsection 7c71 the ,secretary shall    
make a notation in the official         
personnel record file of the covered    
employee indicating that an appeal      
disputing the notation is pending not   
later than #b weeks after the date on   
which such appeal was filed4  7#b7 ,if  
the ,secretary is the prevailing party  
on appeal1 not later than #b weeks after
 the date that the ,board issues the    
appeal decision1 the ,secretary shall   
remove the notation made under paragraph
 7#a7 from the official personnel record
 file of the covered employee4  7#c7 ,if

 the covered employee is the prevailing 
party on appeal1 not later than #b weeks
 after the date that the ,board issues  
the appeal decision1 the ,secretary     
shall remove the notation made under    
paragraph 7#a7 and the notation of an   
adverse finding made under subsection   
7a7 from the official personnel record  
file of the covered employee4  7f7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term covered employee means an employee
 in the competitive service1 the        
excepted service1 or the ,senior        
,executive ,service within the          
,department4  7#b7 ,the term eligible   
personnel investigation-- 7,a7 means a  
personnel investigation that commences  
not later than #fj days after the date  
on which the covered employee subject to
 such personnel investigation resigns1  
retires1 transfers1 or otherwise        
separates from employment with the      
,department2 and  7,b7 includes-- 7i7 an
 investigation by an ,inspector         
,general2 and  7ii7 a prospective       

investigation that may recommend an     
adverse personnel action as a result of 
alleged performance1 misconduct1 or for 
such cause as will promote the          
efficiency of the service under-- 7,i7  
chapter #dc of title #e2  7,,ii7 chapter
 #ge of such title2  7,,iii7 chapter #gd
 of this title2 or  7,,iv7 section #eja 
of this title2  7iii7 an adverse        
personnel action as a result of         
performance1 misconduct1 or for such    
cause as will promote the efficiency of 
the service under the provisions        
specified in subclauses 7,i7 through    
7,,iv7 of clause 7ii72  7iv7 an internal
 investigation carried out by the       
,secretary1 including through-- 7,i7 the
 ,office of ,accountability and         
,whistleblower ,protection of the       
,department2  7,,ii7 the ,office of the 
,medical ,inspector of the ,veterans    
,health ,administration2 and  7,,iii7   
the ,general ,counsel of the            
,department2 and  7v7 an investigation  
carried out by the head of any other    

,federal agency responsible for         
investigation allegations of employee   
misconduct1 including the head of-- 7,i7
 the ,office of the ,special ,counsel2  
and  7,,ii7 the ,equal ,employment      
,opportunity ,commission4  4  7b7       
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #gbh the   
following new item3  #gbi4 ,notation in 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
employee personnel record file of       
personnel investigation4  4  #d4        
,modification of certain housing loan   
fees ,the loan fee table in section     
#cgbi7;b77#b7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #ae1 #bjca each place it      
appears and inserting ,november #bi1    
#bjca4  ,july #cj1 #bjbd,reported with  
an amendment1 committed to the          
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed