Withdrawal of Notice of
Proposed Substantive Rule Making And Advance Notice of Proposed
Rule Making - December 8, 2003
On November 13, 2001, the Board of Directors
of the Office of Compliance submitted proposed substantive rules
for comment, pursuant to section 4(c)(4) of the Veterans Employment
Opportunities Act of 1998 ("VEOA") (2 U.S.C. 1316a(4)),
and section 304(b) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
(2 U.S.C. 1384(b)). The proposed substantive rules would implement
section 4(c) of the VEOA, which affords to covered employees of
the legislative branch the rights and protections of selected provisions
of veterans' preference law. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making
was printed in the Congressional Record on December 6, 2001 at H9065,
et seq., and S12539 et seq.
In response to that Notice, the Board of Directors
received comments which addressed the difficulty in promulgating
regulations applying substantive veterans’ preference rights
in the absence of formal civil service merit personnel systems in
the legislative branch. In view of the comments, and upon further
consideration, the Board has decided to withdraw the notice
of proposed rule making of November 13, 2001, printed in
the Congressional Record of December 6, 2001.
The Board of Directors has initiated
a new process of drafting proposed substantive regulations which
would implement section 4(c) of the VEOA. The Board invites
the informal input of interested parties in advance of the Board’s
completion of new draft regulations and publication of a new Notice
of Proposed Rule Making in the future. Interested parties are invited
to contact the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance, Room
LA-200, 110 2nd Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20540; 202-724-9250,
TDD 202-426-1912.
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