Ending VA Claims Disability Backlog and Accountability Act
Latest action · Nov 6, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 23, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ending VA Claims Disability Backlog and Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement the Strategic Plan to Eliminate the Compensation Claims Backlog (Plan) to ensure that, by Memorial Day (May 25) 2015, each VA disability claim is approved or denied within 125 days after its submission, with an accuracy rate of 98%. Requires a supplemental report from the Secretary to Congress on specific measures to assess implementation of the Plan and a detailed timeline to implement each initiative contained in the Plan.
Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that such Commissioner and DOD Secretary transfer to the VA disability or medical records the VA Secretary will use to evaluate a disability claim by not later than 30 days after the VA Secretary requests such records.
Requires the two Secretaries to submit to Congress, and implement, a plan to reduce to 30 days the time needed to provide members of the National Guard and the VA Secretary with the medical records of such members.
Requires the VA Secretary to establish a three-year training program for newly-hired VA claims processors.
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress every 90 days on the Secretary's progress in implementing the Plan.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2013 to Jul 30, 2013, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | May 23, 2013 |
| R-CA | John Campbell | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Jun 6, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Jun 12, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jul 30, 2013 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 6, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jun 28, 2013Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 11, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in House
- May 23, 2013Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Disability assistance
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Health information and medical records
- Performance measurement
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2013Introduced in House
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