S.Amdt. 1999

SA 1999. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. RETENTION OF RECORDS OF REPRIMANDS AND
ADMONISHMENTS RECEIVED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 714. Record of reprimands and admonishments

``If any employee of the Department receives a reprimand or
admonishment, the Secretary shall retain a copy of such
reprimand or admonishment in the permanent record of the
employee as long as the employee is employed by the
Department.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:

``714. Record of reprimands and admonishments.''.
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