HR 2704 · 117th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Improving VA Accountability To Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Act of 2021
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.(2021-05-19)
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Improving VA Accountability To Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement various policies and procedures related to sexual harassment, other harassment, and employment discrimination. The bill requires the VA to ensure that the official who serves as the VA's Equal Employment Opportunity Director reports directly to the Deputy Secretary and does not also serve in a position that has responsibility over personnel functions or functions that conflict with the equal employment functions, each Equal Employment Opportunity program manager at the facility level reports to the head of the Office of Resolution Management (ORM) with respect to equal employment functions, and the employment discrimination complaint resolution system requires any VA manager who receives a harassment or employment discrimination complaint to report such complaint to the ORM immediately (or within two business days of receiving the complaint if immediate reporting is impracticable). The VA must provide employees with mandatory annual training on identifying and addressing sexual harassment, other harassment, and employment di…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 2704, Improving VA Accountability to Prevent Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Act of 2021
May 14, 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021
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Cosponsors (3)
1 Democrat2 Republicans