3.0.0 1071 2023-01-11T13:49:23Z 2023-01-11T13:49:23Z Senate S 2021-04-12 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-04-28T19:00:04Z Referred to 2021-04-12T22:00:26Z 2021-04-28 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-04-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2021-04-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Disability assistance Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-01T15:55:27Z Veterans Application Assistance Inefficiency Decrease Act of 2021 or the VA AID Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing claim enhancement assistance to individuals who are applying for certain VA pensions in order to reduce the backlog and expedite processing of claims. Specifically, the program applies to those applying for service pensions, non-service-connected disability pensions, or pensions to surviving spouses and children.

The Government Accountability Office must complete a review of the pilot program and a study on the feasibility and advisability of permanently extending claim enhancement assistance to individuals and spouses applying for the specified VA pensions.

]]> VA AID Act of 2021 Display Title VA AID Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide pension claim enhancement assistance to individuals submitting claims for pension from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced VA AID Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans Application Assistance Inefficiency Decrease Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1071is/xml/BILLS-117s1071is.xml 2021-04-28 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.