3.0.0 1490 2023-01-11T19:54:00Z 2023-01-11T19:54:00Z House H HR 2007-03-13 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-04-17T14:43:11Z Referred to 2007-03-16T13:10:15Z Referred to 2007-03-13T14:33:35Z 2007-04-17 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-03-16 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2007-03-13 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000607 Rep. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN-2] Joe Donnelly D IN 2 Y U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2007-03-13 True C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2007-03-15 False K000360 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 10 2007-03-15 False W000798 Rep. Walberg, Timothy [R-MI-7] Timothy Walberg R MI 7 2007-03-15 False L000552 Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18] RAY LAHOOD R IL 18 2007-03-15 False G000180 Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] WAYNE GILCHREST R MD T. 1 2007-03-15 False J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2007-03-15 False P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 2007-03-15 False E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2007-03-15 False M001150 Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] Candice Miller R MI S. 10 2007-03-15 False B001247 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] Ginny Brown-Waite R FL 5 2007-03-15 False R000033 Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] JIM RAMSTAD R MN 3 2007-03-15 False C000071 Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] DAVE CAMP R MI 4 2007-03-15 False D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2007-03-15 False D000482 Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] MIKE DOYLE D PA 14 2007-03-15 False L000553 Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] STEVEN LATOURETTE R OH C. 14 2007-03-15 False E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 2007-03-15 False K000364 Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29] John Kuhl R NY R. "Randy" 29 2007-03-15 False K000361 Rep. Keller, Ric [R-FL-8] RIC KELLER R FL 8 2007-03-15 False Armed Forces and National Security Claims Counseling Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Evidence (Law) Families Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Health Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Law Mental health services Rehabilitation of the disabled Social Welfare Survivors' benefits Transfer of employees Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Veterans' medical care War casualties Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-03-13 Introduced in House 2007-04-09T19:00:30Z Presumes a claimant presenting a claim for veterans' benefits with respect to a service-connected disability or death to have presented a valid claim of service-connectedness, unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines there is positive evidence to the contrary. Requires the claimant to support the claim with proof of service in a conflict referred to in the claim, as well as a brief description of the nature, including service-connection, of the disability or claim.

Directs the Secretary to redeploy, for the purpose of assisting veterans applying for benefits, those employees involved with processing claims that are no longer needed to evaluate claims due to the above presumption.

]]> To provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title To provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1490ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1490ih.xml 2007-04-17 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.