1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Personnel Equity Act of 2018 . 2. Repeal of separate removal, demotion, and suspension processes for certain employees of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Repeal (1) Title 38 Section 714 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (g); (B) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (h) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; (C) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by striking under subsection (a) each place it appears; and (D) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— (i) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively. (2) Title 5 Section 4303(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the comma at the end and inserting , or ; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking , or and inserting a period; and (C) by striking paragraph (4). (b) Conforming amendments Chapter 7 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 719, by striking under section 713, 714, or 7461 of this title each place it appears and inserting under section 713 or 7461 of this title ; (2) in section 714, as amended by subsection (a), by striking the heading and inserting Protections for whistleblowers from removal, demotion, and suspension ; (3) by redesignating section 714 as section 734; (4) by transferring section 734, as so redesignated, so as to appear after section 733; and (5) in the table of sections— (A) by striking the item relating to section 714