RAPID Claims Act
Latest action · Apr 18, 2012 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) .
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rating and Processing Individuals' Disability Claims Act or the RAPID Claims Act - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), if a veteran's claim is submitted that is determined to be a fully developed claim, to provide: (1) the claimant with the opportunity to waive any claim development period with respect to such claim, and (2) expeditious treatment of such claim.
Provides that: (1) if a person notifies the Secretary of the intention to submit a fully developed claim and does so within a one-year period thereafter, the Secretary shall provide expeditious treatment to the claim; and (2) if the Secretary determines that a claim submitted as fully developed is not fully developed, the Secretary shall notify such person within 30 days of the information and evidence required to fully develop the claim.
Requires the Secretary, when denying a benefit, to notify the claimant of any form or application required to appeal such decision.
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2011 to Apr 19, 2012; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 7, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | Jul 28, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-NC | Larry Kissell | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Aug 1, 2011 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Aug 5, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Aug 30, 2011 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Sep 13, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Sep 22, 2011 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Oct 6, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Dec 2, 2011 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jan 18, 2012 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Apr 19, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2011 |
| Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee | Referred Jul 15, 2011Hearings Mar 29, 2012Markup Apr 18, 2012Reported Apr 18, 2012 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2012Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Apr 18, 2012Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) .
- Mar 29, 2012Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jul 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7212 | Joe Donnelly D-IN | Nov 2, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4576.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-54 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 4142, H.R. 4114, H.R. 2051, H.R. 2498, H.R. 2377, H.R. 2717, H.R. 4168, H.R. 421367 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 29, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-91 | TO ESTABLISH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN THE PEACE CORPS TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF VOLUNTEERS FROM RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND TO AMEND THE PEACE CORPS ACT TO REQUIRE SEXUAL ASSAULT RISK-REDUCTION AND RESPONSE TRAINING, THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTOCOL AND GUIDELINES, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF VICTIMS ADVOCATES, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES81 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Sep 21, 2011 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for expedited procedures for the consideration of certain veterans claims, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- RAPID Claims Act
- Rating and Processing Individuals' Disability Claims Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
