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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 396
5	5	To amend title 38, United States Code, to impose limitations on the provision
6	6	of critical skill incentives to employees of the Department of Veterans
7	7	Affairs in Senior Executive Services positions, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	FEBRUARY4, 2025
10	10	Mr. M
11	11	ORAN(for himself and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend title 38, United States Code, to impose limitations
15	15	on the provision of critical skill incentives to employees
16	16	of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Senior Execu-
17	17	tive Services positions, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Government Re-4
22	22	wards Enriching Executives in the District Act of 2025’’ 5
23	23	or the ‘‘Stop GREED Act of 2025’’. 6
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27	27	SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PROVISION OF INCENTIVES FOR 1
28	28	CRITICAL SKILLS TO SENIOR EXECUTIVE 2
29	29	SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF 3
30	30	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
31	31	Section 706(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 5
32	32	amended by adding at the end the following: 6
33	33	‘‘(7)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B)(ii), a critical 7
34	34	skill incentive may not be provided under paragraph (1) 8
35	35	to an employee of the Department employed in a Senior 9
36	36	Executive Service position, or a position in another com-10
37	37	parable system for senior-level Government employees, as 11
38	38	defined by the Secretary, whose position is at the Central 12
39	39	Office of the Department, including the Veterans Health 13
40	40	Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, 14
41	41	and the National Cemetery Administration, regardless of 15
42	42	the actual location where the employee performs the func-16
43	43	tions of the position. 17
44	44	‘‘(B)(i) A critical skill incentive provided under para-18
45	45	graph (1) to an employee of the Department employed in 19
46	46	a Senior Executive Service position, or a position in an-20
47	47	other comparable system for senior-level Government em-21
48	48	ployees, as defined by the Secretary, not described in sub-22
49	49	paragraph (A) of this paragraph may only be provided— 23
50	50	‘‘(I) on an individual basis and may not be pro-24
51	51	vided to a group of such employees; and 25
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55	55	‘‘(II) upon approval of the following officers or 1
56	56	those serving in an acting capacity: 2
57	57	‘‘(aa) The Under Secretary for Benefits, 3
58	58	the Under Secretary for Health, or the Under 4
59	59	Secretary for Memorial Affairs. 5
60	60	‘‘(bb) The Assistant Secretary for Human 6
61	61	Resources and Administration. 7
62	62	‘‘(cc) The Director of the Office of Man-8
63	63	agement or the Chief Financial Officer. 9
64	64	‘‘(dd) The Assistant Secretary for Ac-10
65	65	countability and Whistleblower Protection. 11
66	66	‘‘(ee) The General Counsel. 12
67	67	‘‘(ff) Such other officers as the Secretary 13
68	68	determines appropriate. 14
69	69	‘‘(ii) In the case of an employee of the Department 15
70	70	employed in a Senior Executive Service position, or a posi-16
71	71	tion in another comparable system for senior-level Govern-17
72	72	ment employees, as defined by the Secretary, whose posi-18
73	73	tion is primarily at the Central Office of the Department, 19
74	74	but who performs some portion of the employee’s job func-20
75	75	tion at other facilities of the Department, as defined by 21
76	76	the Secretary, not at Central Office— 22
77	77	‘‘(I) the employee shall not be considered de-23
78	78	scribed in subparagraph (A) with respect to the por-24
79	79	tion of the employee’s job function that is based out 25
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83	83	of non-Central Office facilities of the Department; 1
84	84	and 2
85	85	‘‘(II) any critical skill incentive provided under 3
86	86	paragraph (1) to the employee for the portion of the 4
87	87	employee’s job function that is based out of facilities 5
88	88	of the Department other than the Central Office 6
89	89	shall be proportionate to the time spent at those De-7
90	90	partment facilities. 8
91	91	‘‘(C)(i) Not later than one year after the date of the 9
92	92	enactment of the Stop Government Rewards Enriching 10
93	93	Executives in the District Act of 2025, and not less fre-11
94	94	quently than once each year thereafter, the Secretary shall 12
95	95	submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-13
96	96	ate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 14
97	97	of Representatives an annual report on the employees of 15
98	98	the Department employed in a Senior Executive Service 16
99	99	position, or a position in another comparable system for 17
100	100	senior-level Government employees, as defined by the Sec-18
101	101	retary, who were provided a critical skill incentive under 19
102	102	paragraph (1). 20
103	103	‘‘(ii) Reports submitted pursuant to clause (i) may 21
104	104	be submitted by incorporating their contents into other 22
105	105	congressionally mandated reports to the committees de-23
106	106	scribed in such clause. 24
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110	110	‘‘(D) In this paragraph, the term ‘Senior Executive 1
111	111	Service position’ has the meaning given such term in sec-2
112	112	tion 3132(a) of title 5.’’. 3
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