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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 770
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on certain appeals,
resources, and health care systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY28, 2025
Mr. G
OTTHEIMERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on
certain appeals, resources, and health care systems of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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 ‘‘Accountability for Vet-4
erans Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. REPORT ON CERTAIN APPEALS, RESOURCES, AND 6
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS OF THE DEPART-7
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 8
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-9
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 10
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submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 1
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on— 2
(1) reasons why there is a backlog of appeals 3
of claims for disability benefits under laws adminis-4
tered by the Secretary; 5
(2) ways to increase the amount of information, 6
resources, and tools provided by the Secretary to 7
members of the Armed Forces and spouses of such 8
members participating in the Transition Assistance 9
Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, 10
United States Code; and 11
(3) the persistent management problems im-12
pacting 1-star health care systems of the Depart-13
ment of Veterans Affairs. 14
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