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38 U.S.C. § 715 — Congressional testimony by employees: treatment as official duty
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**(a) Congressional Testimony.—** An employee of the Department is performing official duty during the period with respect to which the employee is testifying in an official capacity in front of either chamber of Congress, a committee of either chamber of Congress, or a joint or select committee of Congress.
**(b) Travel Expenses.—** The Secretary shall provide travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, to any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs performing official duty described under subsection (a).
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**(a) Congressional Testimony.—** An employee of the Department is performing official duty during the period with respect to which the employee is testifying in an official capacity in front of either chamber of Congress, a committee of either chamber of Congress, or a joint or select committee of Congress.
**(b) Travel Expenses.—** The Secretary shall provide travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, to any employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs performing official duty described under subsection (a).
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The Secretary shall, except as hereinafter provided, upon application by the insured and proof of good health satisfactory to the Secretary and payment of such extra premium as the Secretary shall prescribe, include in any National Service Life Insurance policy on the life of the insured (except a policy issued under section 620 of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, or [section 1922 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section1922&num=0&edition=prelim)) provisions whereby an insured who is shown to have become totally disabled for a period of six consecutive months or more commencing after the date of such application and before attaining the age of sixty-five and while the payment of any premium is not in default, shall be paid monthly disability benefits from the first day of the seventh consecutive month of and during the continuance of such total disability of $10 for each $1,000 of such insurance in effect when such benefits become payable. The total disability provision authorized under this section shall not be issued unless application therefor is made either prior to the insured’s fifty-fifth birthday, or before the insured’s sixtieth birthday and prior to January 1, 1966. The total disability provision authorized under this section shall not be added to a policy containing the total disability coverage heretofore issued under section 602(v) of the National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940, or the provisions of this section as in effect before January 1, 1965, except upon surrender of such total disability coverage, proof of good health, if required, satisfactory to the Secretary, and payment of such extra premium as the Secretary shall determine is required in such cases. Participating policies con
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 715
(6) The Merit Systems Protection Board may
not stay any removal or demotion under this
section, except as provided in section 1214(b) of
title 5.
(7) During the period beginning on the date on
which a covered individual appeals a removal
from the civil service under subsection (c) and
ending on the date that the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issues a final
decision on such appeal, such covered individual
may not receive any pay, awards, bonuses, in-
centives, allowances, differentials, student loan
repayments, special payments, or benefits re-
lated to the employment of the individual by
the Department.
(8) To the maximum extent practicable, the
Secretary shall provide to the Merit Systems
Protection Board such information and assist-
ance as may be necessary to ensure an appeal
under this subsection is expedited.
(9) If an employee prevails on appeal under
this section, the employee shall be entitled to
backpay (as provided in section 5596 of title 5).
(10) If an employee who is subject to a collec-
tive bargaining agreement chooses to grieve an
action taken under this section through a griev-
ance procedure provided under the collective
bargaining agreement, the timelines and proce-
dures set forth in subsection (c) and this sub-
section shall apply.
(e) WHISTLEBLOWER
PROTECTION.—(1) In the
case of a covered individual seeking corrective
action (or on behalf of whom corrective action is
sought) from the Office of Special Counsel based
on an alleged prohibited personnel practice de-
scribed in section 2302(b) of title 5, the Secretary
may not remove, demote, or suspend such cov-
ered individual under subsection (a) without the
approval of the Special Counsel under section
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