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38 U.S.C. 731: Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints

Created in 2016 by the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (Public Law 114-223). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

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2017Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017

2016Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Actcreated it

38 U.S.C. 731Adverse actions against supervisory employees who commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower complaints

(2)(A) An employee against whom an adverse action under paragraph (1) is proposed…

(a)In General.—(1) In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary shall carry out…

(b)Limitation on Other Adverse Actions.—With respect to a prohibited personnel…

(B)(i) An employee who is notified under subparagraph (A) of being the subject of…

(c)Prohibited Personnel Action Described.—A prohibited personnel action described…

(C)Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of section 7513 of title 5, subsection…

(d)Whistleblower Disclosure Defined.—In this section, the term "whistleblower…

(ii)If the employee does not furnish any such evidence as described in clause (i)…

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How it got here

2017

Pub. L. 115–41, §102(a)(2), renumbered section 733 of this title as this section. (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text
Pub. L. 115–41, §206, substituted "10 days" for "14 days" in cl. (i) and "10-day period" for "14-day period" in cl. (ii). (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (a)
Pub. L. 115–41, §102(c)(1)(A)(i), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "filing a whistleblower complaint in accordance with section 732 of this title;". (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 115–41, §102(c)(1)(A), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B), substituted "disclosure made to the Assistant Secretary for Accountability and Whistleblower Protection," for "complaint in accordance with section 732 or with", and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follow… (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 115–41, §102(c)(1)(A)(ii), redesignated subpars. (C) to (F) as (B) to (E), respectively. (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 115–41, §102(c)(1)(B), substituted "through (E)" for "through (F)". (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (c)
Pub. L. 115–41, §102(c)(2), added subsec. (d). (Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017) Law text · (d)

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