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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2303 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and enhance the pay |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Board of Veterans’ Appeals attorneys for recruitment and retention |
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| 7 | 7 | | and to increase the decision quality and claims processing speed of |
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| 8 | 8 | | the Board, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH24, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | CGARVEY(for himself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and en- |
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| 16 | 16 | | hance the pay of Board of Veterans’ Appeals attorneys |
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| 17 | 17 | | for recruitment and retention and to increase the deci- |
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| 18 | 18 | | sion quality and claims processing speed of the Board, |
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| 19 | 19 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Board of Veterans’ 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:22 Mar 29, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2303.IH H2303 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2303 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS ATTORNEY CAREER 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | ENHANCEMENT. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 7101A(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended— 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Members’’; and 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by inserting at the end the following new 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | paragraph: 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(2) An individual employed by the Board as a non- 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | supervisory attorney may be promoted to grade GS–15 of 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the General Schedule.’’. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Æ |
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