3.0.0 4914 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z 2023-01-13T04:48:58Z House H HR 2006-03-09 109 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-03-09T15:02:10Z 2006-10-06 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs. Committee 2006-06-12 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from Veterans' Affairs. Committee 2006-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2006-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 N B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2006-03-09 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2006-03-16 False S001004 Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6] TED STRICKLAND D OH 6 2006-06-07 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2006-06-07 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2006-06-07 False G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2006-06-08 False C000191 Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7] JULIA CARSON D IN 7 2006-06-28 False B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2006-07-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Department of Veterans Affairs Government Operations and Politics Law Legal fees Right to counsel Veterans' benefits Armed Forces and National Security 00 2006-03-09 Introduced in House 2006-04-19T20:14:14Z Veterans' Choice of Representation Act - Amends federal law concerning a veteran's representation by an agent or attorney to allow the payment of attorney fees from the date the claimant files a Notice of Disagreement in the case. (Currently, such fees may not be paid before the Board of Veterans' Appeals first makes a final decision in the case.) Repeals the requirement that, in order to be paid, an attorney must be retained within a one-year period after the case has begun.

Authorizes: (1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review an attorney's fee agreement and order a reduction if the Secretary finds that the fee is excessive or unreasonable; and (2) judicial review of such findings.

Requires (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to direct the payment of attorney fees out of any past-due benefits awarded to a veteran in a proceeding.

]]> Veterans' Choice of Representation Act Display Title Veterans' Choice of Representation Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove certain limitations on attorney representation of claimants for veterans benefits in administrative proceedings before the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Veterans' Choice of Representation Act Introduced in House 2006-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4914ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4914ih.xml 2006-10-06 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.