3.0.0 4055 2023-01-11T13:38:25Z 2023-01-11T13:38:25Z House HR 2017-10-12 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 164 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILDEE:H.R. 4055.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8.[Page H8032]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-10-12T14:05:25Z 2017-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-10-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000380 Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5] Daniel Kildee D MI T. 5 N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Disability and paralysis Life, casualty, property insurance Military personnel and dependents Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-10-12 Introduced in House 2017-11-02T22:02:19Z Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a member of the uniformed services whose claim for traumatic injury under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance is denied, at the time of such denial, a legal analysis of the denial and the information the VA relied on in making such decision.

The VA may not use any reasoning not articulated in such analysis or information not provided to justify a further denial on appeal.

]]> Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act Display Title Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act Short Titles as Introduced Transparency For Wounded Warriors Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain information when denying claims for traumatic injury protection under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance. Introduced in House 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4055ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4055ih.xml 2017-10-12 Referred to the House 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.