3.0.0 2296 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z Senate S S 2014-05-07 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-07T16:44:24Z 2014-05-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2014-08-15T20:46:08Z Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) ensure that not fewer than three decision review officers are employed at each Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regional office within one year after enactment of this Act; and (2) submit a notice to the House and Senate veterans' affairs committees when the number of such officers at a regional office declines to fewer than three, including a plan to increase the number to at least three and a description of the measures the Secretary plans to take to ensure that appeals before the Board of Veterans' Appeals are disposed of in a timely manner while fewer than three officers are employed at such office.

Directs the Secretary to report to such committees on the ability of the Board to conduct hearings and dispose of appeals in a timely manner. Requires such report to include: (1) whether the number of members of the Board is sufficient; and (2) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of increasing the number of decision review officers by 10%, 15%, and 25%.

]]> Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014 Display Title Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to employ at least three decision review officers at each regional office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2296is/xml/BILLS-113s2296is.xml 2014-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.