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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 770 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on certain appeals, |
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| 6 | 6 | | resources, and health care systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | OTTHEIMERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on |
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| 14 | 14 | | certain appeals, resources, and health care systems of |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accountability for Vet-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | erans Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. REPORT ON CERTAIN APPEALS, RESOURCES, AND 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS OF THE DEPART-7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 770 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | House of Representatives and the Senate a report on— 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) reasons why there is a backlog of appeals 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of claims for disability benefits under laws adminis-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tered by the Secretary; 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) ways to increase the amount of information, 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | resources, and tools provided by the Secretary to 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | members of the Armed Forces and spouses of such 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | members participating in the Transition Assistance 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | United States Code; and 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) the persistent management problems im-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | pacting 1-star health care systems of the Depart-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ment of Veterans Affairs. 14 |
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