HR 7795 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020

Introduced Jul 27, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Andy Barr R-KY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 23, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 27, 2020
  2. Passed HouseSep 22, 2020
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to publish on its website the disability benefit questionnaire forms for non-VA medical providers submitting evidence regarding a disability of a claimant for purposes of VA benefits.

If the VA updates the questionnaire form, previous versions of the form filed by claimants must be accepted for up to one year after the form was updated.

The VA may waive interagency approval processes required to approve a modification to a form if such requirement applies by reason of the form being made public on the website as required by the bill.

The Inspector General of the VA must, through 2026, annually report on the use of such forms.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2020 to Sep 22, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalJul 27, 2020
D-VAElaine G. LuriaOriginalJul 27, 2020
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJul 29, 2020
R-INJackie WalorskiJul 30, 2020
R-NEJeff FortenberryAug 14, 2020
D-NVSteven HorsfordAug 14, 2020
D-MNDean PhillipsSep 11, 2020
D-NJJosh GottheimerSep 22, 2020

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. Sep 22, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4685-4687)
  3. Sep 22, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7795.
  4. Sep 22, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Sep 22, 2020Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4412Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020Identical billAug 4, 2020
HR 7952Veteran Benefits Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2020Related billOct 6, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 23, 2020Referred in Senate
  2. Sep 22, 2020Engrossed in House
  3. Jul 27, 2020Introduced in House

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