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 PUBLIC LAW 102-40—MAY 7, 1991 105 STAT. 207 from which board members in a case are appointed. The Secretary shall provide (without charge) a list of the names of employees on the panel to any person requesting such list. "(2) The Secretary shall announce periodically, and not less often than annually, that the roster of employees on the panel is available as described in paragraph (1). Such announcement shall be made at Department medical facilities and through publication in the Federal Register. Notice of a name being on the list must be provided at least 30 days before the individual selected may serve on a Board or as a grievance examiner. Employees, employee organizations, and other interested parties may submit comments to the Secretary concerning the suitability for service on the panel of any employee whose name is on the list. "(3) The Secretary shall provide training in the functions and duties of Disciplinary Appeals Boards and grievance procedures under section 7463 of this title for employees selected to be on the panel.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. —The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74, as added by section 102, is amended— (1) by inserting before the item relating to subchapter III the following: "SUBCHAPTER II—COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION "7421. Personnel administration: in general. "7422. Collective bargaining. "7423. Personnel administration: full-time employees."; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "SUBCHAPTER V—DISCIPUNARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES "7461. Adverse actions: section 7401(1) employees. "7462. M^or adverse actions involving professional conduct or competence. "7463. Other adverse actions. "7464. Disciplinary Appeals Boards.". SEC. 204. DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations under subchapter V of chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code (as added by section 203), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such regulations shall be published in the Federal Register for notice-and-comment not less than 30 days before the day on which they take effect. SEC. 205. PRESERVATION OF EXISTING COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING ARRANGEMENTS AND PENDING ACTIONS. (a) EXISTING COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING ARRANGEMENTS.—Any determination under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, of a collective bargaining unit within the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and any recognition under that chapter of an employee labor organization as the exclusive bargaining representative for employees in a collective bargaining unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs, that is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act shall not be affected by the amendments made by this Act and shall continue in effect in accordance with the terms of such determination or regulation. (b) PENDING CASES. —W ith respect to cases pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, or those cases which are brought before the establishment of either an administrative grievance procedure Federal Register, publication. Traini ng programs. 38 USC 7461 note. Federal Register, publication. 38 USC 7421 note.

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