119-s396

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 396 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 396

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to impose limitations on the 
 provision of critical skill incentives to employees of the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs in Senior Executive Services positions, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 4, 2025

 Mr. Moran (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs

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 A BILL

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to impose limitations on the 
 provision of critical skill incentives to employees of the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs in Senior Executive Services positions, and for 
 other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Government Rewards Enriching 
Executives in the District Act of 2025'' or the ``Stop GREED Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PROVISION OF INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL SKILLS TO 
 SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF 
 VETERANS AFFAIRS.

 

Section 706
            (d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (7)
        (A) Subject to subparagraph
        (B)
            (ii) , a critical skill 
incentive may not be provided under paragraph

    (1) to an employee of the 
Department employed in a Senior Executive Service position, or a 
position in another comparable system for senior-level Government 
employees, as defined by the Secretary, whose position is at the 
Central Office of the Department, including the Veterans Health 
Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National 
Cemetery Administration, regardless of the actual location where the 
employee performs the functions of the position.
 ``
        (B)
            (i) A critical skill incentive provided under paragraph

    (1) to 
an employee of the Department employed in a Senior Executive Service 
position, or a position in another comparable system for senior-level 
Government employees, as defined by the Secretary, not described in 
subparagraph
        (A) of this paragraph may only be provided--
 ``
            (I) on an individual basis and may not be provided to a 
 group of such employees; and
 ``
            (II) upon approval of the following officers or those 
 serving in an acting capacity:
 ``

    (aa) The Under Secretary for Benefits, the Under 
 Secretary for Health, or the Under Secretary for 
 Memorial Affairs.
 ``

    (bb) The Assistant Secretary for Human Resources 
 and Administration.
 ``
            (cc) The Director of the Office of Management or 
 the Chief Financial Officer.
 ``
            (dd) The Assistant Secretary for Accountability 
 and Whistleblower Protection.
 ``

    (ee) The General Counsel.
 ``

    (ff) Such other officers as the Secretary 
 determines appropriate.
 ``
            (ii) In the case of an employee of the Department employed in a 
Senior Executive Service position, or a position in another comparable 
system for senior-level Government employees, as defined by the 
Secretary, whose position is primarily at the Central Office of the 
Department, but who performs some portion of the employee's job 
function at other facilities of the Department, as defined by the 
Secretary, not at Central Office--
 ``
            (I) the employee shall not be considered described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) with respect to the portion of the employee's 
 job function that is based out of non-Central Office facilities 
 of the Department; and
 ``
            (II) any critical skill incentive provided under 
 paragraph

    (1) to the employee for the portion of the employee's 
 job function that is based out of facilities of the Department 
 other than the Central Office shall be proportionate to the 
 time spent at those Department facilities.
 ``
            (C) 
            (i) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
the Stop Government Rewards Enriching Executives in the District Act of 
2025, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
Representatives an annual report on the employees of the Department 
employed in a Senior Executive Service position, or a position in 
another comparable system for senior-level Government employees, as 
defined by the Secretary, who were provided a critical skill incentive 
under paragraph

    (1) .
 ``
            (ii) Reports submitted pursuant to clause
            (i) may be submitted by 
incorporating their contents into other congressionally mandated 
reports to the committees described in such clause.
 ``
            (D) In this paragraph, the term `Senior Executive Service 
position' has the meaning given such term in 

section 3132

    (a) of title 
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