3.0.0 4038 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z House H HR 2014-02-11 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FLORES:H.R. 4038.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H1771]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearings by 2014-03-25T13:41:11Z Referred to 2014-02-18T18:48:09Z Referred to 2014-02-11T15:03:10Z 2014-03-25 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2014-02-18 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2014-02-11 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2014-02-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-02-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000461 Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] Bill Flores R TX 17 N Armed Forces and National Security Computers and information technology Government information and archives Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-02-11 Introduced in House 2014-02-24T22:37:13Z Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make such changes and improvements to the information technology system of the Veterans Benefits Administration to ensure that: (1) all original and supplemental claims for veterans educational assistance are adjudicated electronically, and (2) rules-based processing is used to make decisions with respect to such claims with little human intervention.

Requires the Secretary to reduce redundancy and inefficiencies in the use of information technology to process claims for rehabilitation programs by: (1) ensuring that payments of subsistence allowance for veterans participating in a rehabilitation program are processed and paid out of only one corporate information technology system, and (2) enhancing the information technology system supporting veterans participating in such a program to support more accurate accounting of services and outcomes.


]]> Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 Display Title Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make certain improvements in the information technology of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to process claims more efficiently, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Benefits Administration Information Technology Improvement Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4038ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4038ih.xml 2014-03-25 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.