H.R. 1948 · 117th Congress

VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

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D TakanoSponsor

218 cosponsors · 216 D, 2 R

D Cherfilus-McCormick MS

D Wasserman Schultz LB

71 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

House Introduced Mar 16, 2021
House Passed Dec 15, 2022 219–201

This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence; peer review; or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House · Dec 15, 2022

VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Dec 15, 2022 · 219 Yea – 201 Nay Passage Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: VA Employee Fairness Act of 2021

Latest action (Dec 15, 2022): Received in the Senate.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 16, 2021

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House Introduced Mar 16, 2021
House Passed Dec 15, 2022 219–201

Final vote · House · Dec 15, 2022

Passage — Passed. Vote details

Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi

Yea219

D Cherfilus-McCormick LF

D Frankel DW

D Wasserman Schultz FW

Nay201

R Valadao CCR Conway KM

R McMorris Rodgers BS

Not Voting10

Table of every position

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Mary Peltola	D	AK-AL	Not Voting
Jerry Carl	R	AL-1	Nay
Barry Moore	R	AL-2	Nay
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Nay
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Nay
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Nay
Gary Palmer	R	AL-6	Nay
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Yea
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Nay
J. Hill	R	AR-2	Nay
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Nay
Bruce Westerman	R	AR-4	Nay
Tom O’Halleran	D	AZ-1	Yea
Ann Kirkpatrick	D	AZ-2	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-3	Yea
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-4	Nay
Andy Biggs	R	AZ-5	Nay
David Schweikert	R	AZ-6	Nay
Ruben Gallego	D	AZ-7	Yea
Debbie Lesko	R	AZ-8	Nay
Greg Stanton	D	AZ-9	Yea
Doug LaMalfa	R	CA-1	Nay
Josh Harder	D	CA-10	Yea
Mark DeSaulnier	D	CA-11	Yea
Barbara Lee	D	CA-13	Yea
Jackie Speier	D	CA-14	Yea
Eric Swalwell	D	CA-15	Yea
Jim Costa	D	CA-16	Yea
Ro Khanna	D	CA-17	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-18	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-19	Yea
Jared Huffman	D	CA-2	Yea
Jimmy Panetta	D	CA-20	Yea
David Valadao	R	CA-21	Nay
Connie Conway	R	CA-22	Nay
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-23	Nay
Salud Carbajal	D	CA-24	Yea
Mike Garcia	R	CA-25	Nay
Julia Brownley	D	CA-26	Yea
Judy Chu	D	CA-27	Yea
Adam Schiff	D	CA-28	Yea
Tony Cárdenas	D	CA-29	Yea
John Garamendi	D	CA-3	Yea
Brad Sherman	D	CA-30	Yea
Pete Aguilar	D	CA-31	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-32	Yea
Ted Lieu	D	CA-33	Yea
Jimmy Gomez	D	CA-34	Yea
Norma Torres	D	CA-35	Yea
Raul Ruiz	D	CA-36	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-38	Yea
Young Kim	R	CA-39	Nay
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Nay
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-40	Yea
Mark Takano	D	CA-41	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-42	Nay
Maxine Waters	D	CA-43	Yea
Nanette Barragán	D	CA-44	Yea
Katie Porter	D	CA-45	Yea
J. Correa	D	CA-46	Yea
Alan Lowenthal	D	CA-47	Yea
Michelle Steel	R	CA-48	Nay
Mike Levin	D	CA-49	Yea
Mike Thompson	D	CA-5	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-50	Nay
Juan Vargas	D	CA-51	Yea
Scott Peters	D	CA-52	Yea
Sara Jacobs	D	CA-53	Yea
Doris Matsui	D	CA-6	Yea
Ami Bera	D	CA-7	Yea
Jay Obernolte	R	CA-8	Nay
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Joe Neguse	D	CO-2	Yea
Lauren Boebert	R	CO-3	Nay
Ken Buck	R	CO-4	Nay
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Nay
Jason Crow	D	CO-6	Yea
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Yea
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Yea
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	Yea
Jahana Hayes	D	CT-5	Yea
Lisa Blunt Rochester	D	DE-AL	Yea
Matt Gaetz	R	FL-1	Nay
Val Demings	D	FL-10	Yea
Daniel Webster	R	FL-11	Nay
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-12	Nay
Kathy Castor	D	FL-14	Yea
C. Franklin	R	FL-15	Nay
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-16	Nay
W. Steube	R	FL-17	Nay
Brian Mast	R	FL-18	Nay
Byron Donalds	R	FL-19	Nay
Neal Dunn	R	FL-2	Nay
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	D	FL-20	Yea
Lois Frankel	D	FL-21	Yea
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-23	Yea
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Nay
Carlos Gimenez	R	FL-26	Nay
Maria Salazar	R	FL-27	Nay
Kat Cammack	R	FL-3	Nay
John Rutherford	R	FL-4	Nay
Al Lawson	D	FL-5	Yea
Michael Waltz	R	FL-6	Nay
Stephanie Murphy	D	FL-7	Yea
Bill Posey	R	FL-8	Nay
Darren Soto	D	FL-9	Yea
Buddy Carter	R	GA-1	Nay
Jody Hice	R	GA-10	Nay
Barry Loudermilk	R	GA-11	Not Voting
Rick Allen	R	GA-12	Nay
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Marjorie Greene	R	GA-14	Nay
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
A. Ferguson	R	GA-3	Nay
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Yea
Nikema Williams	D	GA-5	Yea
Lucy McBath	D	GA-6	Yea
Carolyn Bourdeaux	D	GA-7	Yea
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Nay
Andrew Clyde	R	GA-9	Nay
Ed Case	D	HI-1	Yea
Kaialiʻi Kahele	D	HI-2	Yea
Ashley Hinson	R	IA-1	Not Voting
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	R	IA-2	Nay
Cynthia Axne	D	IA-3	Yea
Randy Feenstra	R	IA-4	Nay
Russ Fulcher	R	ID-1	Nay
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Nay
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Brad Schneider	D	IL-10	Yea
Bill Foster	D	IL-11	Yea
Mike Bost	R	IL-12	Nay
Rodney Davis	R	IL-13	Nay
Lauren Underwood	D	IL-14	Yea
Mary Miller	R	IL-15	Nay
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-16	Nay
Cheri Bustos	D	IL-17	Yea
Darin LaHood	R	IL-18	Nay
Robin Kelly	D	IL-2	Yea
Marie Newman	D	IL-3	Yea
Chuy García	D	IL-4	Yea
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	Yea
Sean Casten	D	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Yea
Raja Krishnamoorthi	D	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Yea
Frank Mrvan	D	IN-1	Yea
Rudy Yakym	R	IN-2	Nay
Jim Banks	R	IN-3	Nay
James Baird	R	IN-4	Not Voting
Victoria Spartz	R	IN-5	Nay
Greg Pence	R	IN-6	Nay
André Carson	D	IN-7	Yea
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Nay
Trey Hollingsworth	R	IN-9	Nay
Tracey Mann	R	KS-1	Nay
Jake LaTurner	R	KS-2	Nay
Sharice Davids	D	KS-3	Yea
Ron Estes	R	KS-4	Nay
James Comer	R	KY-1	Not Voting
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Nay
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Yea
Thomas Massie	R	KY-4	Nay
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Nay
Andy Barr	R	KY-6	Nay
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Nay
Troy Carter	D	LA-2	Yea
Clay Higgins	R	LA-3	Nay
Mike Johnson	R	LA-4	Nay
Julia Letlow	R	LA-5	Nay
Garret Graves	R	LA-6	Nay
Richard Neal	D	MA-1	Yea
Jim McGovern	D	MA-2	Yea
Lori Trahan	D	MA-3	Yea
Jake Auchincloss	D	MA-4	Yea
Katherine Clark	D	MA-5	Yea
Seth Moulton	D	MA-6	Yea
Ayanna Pressley	D	MA-7	Yea
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-8	Yea
William Keating	D	MA-9	Yea
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Nay
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Yea
Anthony Brown	D	MD-4	Yea
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Yea
David Trone	D	MD-6	Yea
Kweisi Mfume	D	MD-7	Yea
Jamie Raskin	D	MD-8	Yea
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Yea
Jared Golden	D	ME-2	Yea
Jack Bergman	R	MI-1	Nay
Lisa McClain	R	MI-10	Nay
Haley Stevens	D	MI-11	Yea
Debbie Dingell	D	MI-12	Yea
Rashida Tlaib	D	MI-13	Yea
Brenda Lawrence	D	MI-14	Yea
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Nay
Peter Meijer	R	MI-3	Nay
John Moolenaar	R	MI-4	Nay
Daniel Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Nay
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Nay
Elissa Slotkin	D	MI-8	Yea
Andy Levin	D	MI-9	Yea
Brad Finstad	R	MN-1	Nay
Angie Craig	D	MN-2	Yea
Dean Phillips	D	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Yea
Ilhan Omar	D	MN-5	Yea
Tom Emmer	R	MN-6	Nay
Michelle Fischbach	R	MN-7	Nay
Pete Stauber	R	MN-8	Nay
Cori Bush	D	MO-1	Yea
Ann Wagner	R	MO-2	Nay
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-3	Nay
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Nay
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Nay
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Nay
Jason Smith	R	MO-8	Nay
Trent Kelly	R	MS-1	Not Voting
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Michael Guest	R	MS-3	Nay
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Nay
Matthew Rosendale	R	MT-AL	Nay
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Yea
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Nay
Madison Cawthorn	R	NC-11	Nay
Alma Adams	D	NC-12	Yea
Ted Budd	R	NC-13	Nay
Deborah Ross	D	NC-2	Yea
Gregory Murphy	R	NC-3	Nay
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Not Voting
Kathy Manning	D	NC-6	Yea
David Rouzer	R	NC-7	Nay
Richard Hudson	R	NC-8	Nay
Dan Bishop	R	NC-9	Nay
Kelly Armstrong	R	ND-AL	Nay
Mike Flood	R	NE-1	Nay
Don Bacon	R	NE-2	Yea
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Nay
Chris Pappas	D	NH-1	Yea
Ann Kuster	D	NH-2	Yea
Donald Norcross	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Mikie Sherrill	D	NJ-11	Yea
Bonnie Watson Coleman	D	NJ-12	Yea
Jefferson Van Drew	R	NJ-2	Nay
Andy Kim	D	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Josh Gottheimer	D	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Tom Malinowski	D	NJ-7	Yea
Albio Sires	D	NJ-8	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-9	Yea
Melanie Stansbury	D	NM-1	Yea
Yvette Herrell	R	NM-2	Nay
Teresa Leger Fernandez	D	NM-3	Yea
Dina Titus	D	NV-1	Yea
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Nay
Susie Lee	D	NV-3	Yea
Steven Horsford	D	NV-4	Yea
Lee Zeldin	R	NY-1	Nay
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-10	Yea
Nicole Malliotakis	R	NY-11	Nay
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-12	Yea
Adriano Espaillat	D	NY-13	Yea
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	D	NY-14	Yea
Ritchie Torres	D	NY-15	Yea
Jamaal Bowman	D	NY-16	Yea
Mondaire Jones	D	NY-17	Yea
Sean Maloney	D	NY-18	Yea
Patrick Ryan	D	NY-19	Yea
Andrew Garbarino	R	NY-2	Nay
Paul Tonko	D	NY-20	Yea
Elise Stefanik	R	NY-21	Nay
Claudia Tenney	R	NY-22	Nay
Joseph Sempolinski	R	NY-23	Nay
John Katko	R	NY-24	Yea
Joseph Morelle	D	NY-25	Yea
Brian Higgins	D	NY-26	Yea
Chris Jacobs	R	NY-27	Nay
Thomas Suozzi	D	NY-3	Yea
Kathleen Rice	D	NY-4	Yea
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-5	Yea
Grace Meng	D	NY-6	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-7	Yea
Hakeem Jeffries	D	NY-8	Yea
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-9	Yea
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Nay
Michael Turner	R	OH-10	Nay
Shontel Brown	D	OH-11	Yea
Troy Balderson	R	OH-12	Nay
Tim Ryan	D	OH-13	Yea
David Joyce	R	OH-14	Nay
Mike Carey	R	OH-15	Nay
Anthony Gonzalez	R	OH-16	Nay
Brad Wenstrup	R	OH-2	Nay
Joyce Beatty	D	OH-3	Yea
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Nay
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Nay
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Nay
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-7	Nay
Warren Davidson	R	OH-8	Nay
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Yea
Kevin Hern	R	OK-1	Nay
Markwayne Mullin	R	OK-2	Nay
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Nay
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Nay
Stephanie Bice	R	OK-5	Nay
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	Yea
Cliff Bentz	R	OR-2	Nay
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Yea
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	Yea
Brian Fitzpatrick	R	PA-1	Yea
Scott Perry	R	PA-10	Nay
Lloyd Smucker	R	PA-11	Nay
Fred Keller	R	PA-12	Nay
John Joyce	R	PA-13	Nay
Guy Reschenthaler	R	PA-14	Nay
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-15	Nay
Mike Kelly	R	PA-16	Nay
Conor Lamb	D	PA-17	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-18	Yea
Brendan Boyle	D	PA-2	Yea
Dwight Evans	D	PA-3	Yea
Madeleine Dean	D	PA-4	Yea
Mary Scanlon	D	PA-5	Yea
Chrissy Houlahan	D	PA-6	Yea
Susan Wild	D	PA-7	Yea
Matt Cartwright	D	PA-8	Yea
Daniel Meuser	R	PA-9	Nay
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Nancy Mace	R	SC-1	Nay
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Nay
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Nay
William Timmons	R	SC-4	Nay
Ralph Norman	R	SC-5	Nay
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Yea
Tom Rice	R	SC-7	Nay
Dusty Johnson	R	SD-AL	Not Voting
Diana Harshbarger	R	TN-1	Nay
Tim Burchett	R	TN-2	Nay
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Nay
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Nay
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
John Rose	R	TN-6	Nay
Mark Green	R	TN-7	Nay
David Kustoff	R	TN-8	Nay
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Not Voting
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Nay
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Nay
August Pfluger	R	TX-11	Nay
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Nay
Ronny Jackson	R	TX-13	Nay
Randy Weber	R	TX-14	Nay
Vicente Gonzalez	D	TX-15	Yea
Veronica Escobar	D	TX-16	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-17	Nay
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Yea
Jodey Arrington	R	TX-19	Nay
Dan Crenshaw	R	TX-2	Nay
Joaquin Castro	D	TX-20	Yea
Chip Roy	R	TX-21	Nay
Troy Nehls	R	TX-22	Nay
Tony Gonzales	R	TX-23	Nay
Beth Van Duyne	R	TX-24	Nay
Roger Williams	R	TX-25	Nay
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Nay
Michael Cloud	R	TX-27	Nay
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	Yea
Sylvia Garcia	D	TX-29	Yea
Van Taylor	R	TX-3	Nay
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Nay
Colin Allred	D	TX-32	Yea
Marc Veasey	D	TX-33	Yea
Mayra Flores	R	TX-34	Nay
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-35	Yea
Brian Babin	R	TX-36	Nay
Pat Fallon	R	TX-4	Nay
Lance Gooden	R	TX-5	Nay
Jake Ellzey	R	TX-6	Nay
Lizzie Fletcher	D	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Nay
Al Green	D	TX-9	Yea
Blake Moore	R	UT-1	Nay
Chris Stewart	R	UT-2	Nay
John Curtis	R	UT-3	Nay
Burgess Owens	R	UT-4	Nay
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Nay
Jennifer Wexton	D	VA-10	Yea
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	Yea
Elaine Luria	D	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
Bob Good	R	VA-5	Nay
Ben Cline	R	VA-6	Nay
Abigail Spanberger	D	VA-7	Yea
Donald Beyer	D	VA-8	Yea
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Nay
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Yea
Suzan DelBene	D	WA-1	Yea
Marilyn Strickland	D	WA-10	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Nay
Dan Newhouse	R	WA-4	Nay
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Nay
Derek Kilmer	D	WA-6	Yea
Pramila Jayapal	D	WA-7	Yea
Kim Schrier	D	WA-8	Yea
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Bryan Steil	R	WI-1	Nay
Mark Pocan	D	WI-2	Yea
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Yea
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Yea
Scott Fitzgerald	R	WI-5	Nay
Glenn Grothman	R	WI-6	Nay
Thomas Tiffany	R	WI-7	Nay
Mike Gallagher	R	WI-8	Nay
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Not Voting
Alexander Mooney	R	WV-2	Nay
Carol Miller	R	WV-3	Nay
Liz Cheney	R	WY-AL	Nay