3.0.0 5709 2022-02-03T05:19:38Z 2022-02-03T05:19:38Z House H HR 2008-04-03 110 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Hearings by 2008-06-12T21:32:02Z Referred to 2008-04-11T15:07:55Z hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Discharged from 2008-04-10T15:07:39Z Referred to 2008-04-04T15:07:28Z Referred to 2008-04-03T14:02:05Z Veterans Disability Fairness Act 110 2870 S 2008-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2008-06-12 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2008-04-11 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2008-04-10 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged. Committee 2008-04-04 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Committee 2008-04-03 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2008-04-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001173 Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] Zachary Space D OH T. 18 N B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2008-04-15 False E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2008-04-15 False B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2008-04-15 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2008-04-16 False W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2008-04-29 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-05-19 False H001037 Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D SD 0 2008-06-04 False K000009 Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] MARCY KAPTUR D OH 9 2008-06-18 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2008-06-18 False G000280 Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] VIRGIL GOODE R VA H. 5 2008-06-19 False A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 2008-06-19 False S001143 Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] MARK SOUDER R IN EDWARD 3 2008-06-20 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2008-06-23 False S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2008-06-23 False P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 8 2008-06-23 False B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2008-06-25 False E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 2008-07-08 False D000197 Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] DIANA DEGETTE D CO 1 2008-07-14 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Auditing Disability evaluation Disabled Law Veterans' disability compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-04-03 Introduced in House 2008-06-17T21:01:49Z Veterans Disability Fairness Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in order to carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) quality assurance program with respect to the administration of veterans' disability compensation, to ensure the accuracy and consistency across VA offices of the treatment of claims for disability compensation, including disability rating determinations and whether a disability is service-connected.

Requires the Secretary to conduct reviews and audits, at least annually, to identify and correct any inaccuracies or inconsistencies in disability ratings and the adjudication of disability compensation claims by VA regional offices and employees responsible for such ratings or adjudications.

]]> Veterans Disability Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Disability Fairness Act Display Title Veterans Disability Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out quality assurance activities with respect to the administration of disability compensation, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5709ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5709ih.xml 2008-06-12 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.