,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #e1 #bjbe,ms4   
,meng introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide back pay to reinstated employees
 of the ,department of ,veterans        
,affairs1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,reinstating ,employee ,salaries   
,to ,original ,rates and ,entitlements  
,act or the ,,restore ,act4  #b4 ,back  
pay for reinstated employees of the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,back pay ,any individual who was an    
employee of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs 7including employees who were 
serving under a probationary or trial   
period due to a promotion7 and who was  
involuntarily removed and subsequently  
reinstated or appointed to a position at
 the ,department during the period      
beginning on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 and   
ending on the date of the enactment of  

this ,act shall be entitled to back pay 
in accordance with section #eeif of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7   
,limitation ,subsection 7a7 shall not   
apply to any individual removed from a  
political position4  7c7 ,political     
position defined ,in this section1 the  
term political position means-- 7#a7 a  
position described under sections #ecab 
through #ecaf of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code 7relating to the          
,executive ,schedule72  7#b7 a noncareer
 appointee 7as that term is defined in  
section #cacb7;a7 of such title72 or    
7#c7 a position in the executive branch 
of the ,government of a confidential or 
policy-determining character under      
schedule ,c of subpart ,c of part #bac  
of title #e1 ,code of ,federal          
,regulations4