3.0.0 4084 2023-01-11T20:16:29Z 2023-01-11T20:16:29Z House H HR 2007-11-06 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Hearings by 2007-11-08T16:35:07Z Referred to 2007-11-07T16:35:01Z Referred to 2007-11-06T14:01:35Z 2007-11-08 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-11-07 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2007-11-06 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2007-11-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001039 Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] John Hall D NY J. 19 N Armed Forces and National Security Appellate courts Claims Congress Congressional reporting requirements Court congestion and delay Courthouses Courts of special jurisdiction Disability evaluation Disabled Families Governmental investigations Labor and Employment Law Leases Quality of life Survivors' benefits Veterans' benefits Veterans' disability compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-11-06 Introduced in House 2008-03-07T20:38:54Z Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract with the Institute of Medicine, or other appropriate entity, to conduct a study analyzing the extent to which the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities accounts for or should be amended to account, measure, and compensate for loss of quality of life to veterans due to a disability resulting from a personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty.

Provides that if a veteran who is a claimant dies before completing the submission of a claim for benefits, the person who would receive any accrued benefits due to such veteran shall be treated as the claimant for purposes of completing submission of the claim.

Requires an annual report from the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) to the congressional veterans' committees summarizing the Court's workload.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Court should be provided with appropriate office space, without undue disruption, inconvenience, or cost. Requires a report from the Administrator of General Services to the veterans' committees on the feasibility of leasing additional space for the Court, and using the entire building in which the Court is now housed as a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center.

]]> Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to require a study on the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, to provide for the treatment of claims under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of the death of a claimant, to require an annual report on the workload of the Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-11-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4084ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4084ih.xml 2007-11-08 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.