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Mark Takano (D-CA)

VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025

H.R. 3261 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Democratic bill with 120 Democratic cosponsors · See all 120 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "VA Employee Fairness Act of 2025," aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code. The primary purpose is to modify the authorities regarding how employees in the Veterans Health Administration engage in collective bargaining. Specifically, it seeks to change the current structure of section 7422. The legislation includes a rule of construction to ensure that certain existing authorities are not affected.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    By striking collective bargaining subsections, the bill expands the unilateral authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

The opposite

  • Scored -7

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The striking of collective bargaining provisions directly negatively impacts the ability of unionized employees to negotiate.

  • Scored -5

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    The bill strikes subsections that govern collective bargaining, which likely reduces the bargaining power and protections of employees.