VA Funding and Workforce Protection Act

This bill would bar the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from impounding, transferring, or reprogramming its discretionary funds unless a later law specifically allows it. It would exempt the VA from any hiring freeze issued between January 20, 2025, and January 20, 2029. It would require the VA to reinstate veterans who were career VA employees and were removed after January 20, 2025, and protect them from reductions in force until January 20, 2029. It would also bar removal of probationary VA employees without a later law allowing it, and require the VA to give Congress 15 days' notice before layoffs and to certify its compliance each year.

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Sponsors

• Timothy M. Kennedy Democrat sponsor
• 26 cosponsors