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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2303
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and enhance the pay
of Board of Veterans’ Appeals attorneys for recruitment and retention
and to increase the decision quality and claims processing speed of
the Board, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH24, 2025
Mr. M
CGARVEY(for himself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and en-
hance the pay of Board of Veterans’ Appeals attorneys
for recruitment and retention and to increase the deci-
sion quality and claims processing speed of the Board,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Board of Veterans’ 4
Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. BOARD OF VETERANS’ APPEALS ATTORNEY CAREER 1
ENHANCEMENT. 2
Section 7101A(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 3
amended— 4
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Members’’; and 5
(2) by inserting at the end the following new 6
paragraph: 7
‘‘(2) An individual employed by the Board as a non- 8
supervisory attorney may be promoted to grade GS–15 of 9
the General Schedule.’’. 10
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