,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fjad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #aj1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,ramirez 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,takano1 ,mr4 ,kennedy of ,new ,york1   
,ms4 ,budzinski1 ,mr4 ,mc,garvey1 ,mr4  
,conaway1 ,ms4 ,brownley1 and ,ms4      
,tlaib7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to provide covered employees of the     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs the   
right to be represented during          
examinations that may result in         
disciplinary actions against the covered
 employee4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,right to           
,representation for ,department of      
,veterans ,affairs ,workers ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4 ,right to representation for
 employees of ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter ,i
 of chapter #g of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  

after section #gjg the following new    
section3  #gjh4 ,covered employees3     
right to representation during          
examinations  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,secretary shall give to each covered   
employee an opportunity to be           
represented by a representative of the  
choice of1 on duty time if applicable1  
the covered employee at any examination 
of such covered employee if-- 7#a7 the  
covered employee believes that the      
examination may result in disciplinary  
action against the covered employee2 and
  7#b7 the covered employee requests the
 representation4  7b7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3  7#a7 ,the term covered   
employee means an individual occupying a
 position at the ,department1 but does  
not include-- 7,a7 an individual        
occupying a senior executive position   
7as defined in section #gac7;d7 of this 
title72  7,b7 an individual appointed   
pursuant to sections #gcjf1 #gdja7d71 or
 #gdje of this title2 or  7,c7 a        
political appointee4  7#b7 ,the term    

political appointee has the meaning     
given such term in section #gad7;h7 of  
this title4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment 
,the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter #g of such title is amended  
by inserting after the item relating to 
section #gjg the following new item3    
#gjh4 ,employee right to representation4
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