Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014”.
Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal of Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Removal of Senior Executive Service employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs for performance
In general— Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“713. Senior Executive Service: removal based on performance
“(a) In general
“(1) Notwithstanding subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 5, subchapter V of chapter 75 of title 5, or any other provision of law, the Secretary may remove any individual who is an employee of the Department from a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5) if the Secretary determines the performance of the individual warrants such removal.
“(2) If the Secretary so removes such an individual, the Secretary may—
“(A) remove the individual from the civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5); or
“(B) appoint the individual to a General Schedule position at any grade of the General Schedule the Secretary determines appropriate.
“(b) Notice to Congress—Not later than 30 days after removing an individual from the Senior Executive Service under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives notice in writing of such removal and the reason for such removal.
“(c) Manner of removal—A removal under this section shall be done in the same manner as the removal of a professional staff member employed by a Member of Congress.”
Clerical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: