3.0.0 1148 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z 2023-01-11T13:24:41Z Senate S S 2013-06-12 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2013-10-30T18:00:00Z Referred to 2013-06-12T20:33:40Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes. 113 1809 HR 2013-06-28 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2013-10-30 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280. Committee 2013-06-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2013-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2013-06-12 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2013-06-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistance Government information and archives Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2013-09-25T21:22:59Z Veterans Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to post in a conspicuous place in each VA regional office and claims intake facility and on the VA website information on: (1) the average processing time for fully developed and not fully developed VA benefits claims submitted in specified forms, and (2) the percentage of such claims filed by specified methods for which benefits are awarded.

Requires the Secretary to notify each person submitting a claim for a VA benefit of such information and of the person's eligibility to receive up to an extra year of benefit payments if the person files a claim that is fully developed.

Requires the notice information to be updated at least quarterly.

]]> Veterans Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act Display Title Veterans Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act Introduced in Senate 2013-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1148is/xml/BILLS-113s1148is.xml 2013-10-30 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280. 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.