3.0.0 3761 2023-01-11T13:42:39Z 2023-01-11T13:42:39Z Senate S 2020-05-19 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-19T18:50:47Z 2020-05-19 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-05-19 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2020-05-19 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2020-05-19 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2020-05-19 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-05-19 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2020-05-20 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-09-08 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2020-09-08 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2020-09-16 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-09-21 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2020-09-23 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2020-09-23 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2020-09-29 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-09-29 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2020-09-29 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2020-09-30 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2020-10-21 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-10-21 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2020-11-18 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2020-11-18 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Department of Veterans Affairs Disability assistance Veterans' organizations and recognition Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-03T14:09:36Z Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide an opportunity for a veteran's representative to review the veteran's disability rating determination before the rating is finalized.

Under the bill, the VA must provide notice to such representative when the determination is ready to be reviewed. The period for review begins at the moment notice is submitted and ends at the earlier of (1) the moment the representative agrees with the determination, or (2) 48 hours after the notice.

The VA may not finalize a determination until after the period for review has ended.

]]> Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020 Display Title Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans service organizations and recognized agents and attorneys opportunities to review Department of Veterans Affairs disability rating determinations before they are finalized, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3761is/xml/BILLS-116s3761is.xml 2020-05-19 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.