[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3670 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3670

To extend for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina the time for appeal 
 to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims of certain 
decisions of the Board of Veterans Appeals that are rendered during the 
          period from June 1, 2005, through November 30, 2005.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2005

Mr. Evans (for himself, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Corrine Brown of 
  Florida, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Strickland, Ms. 
Hooley, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, and Mrs. Davis 
of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina the time for appeal 
 to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims of certain 
decisions of the Board of Veterans Appeals that are rendered during the 
          period from June 1, 2005, through November 30, 2005.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA OF TIME 
              FOR APPEAL OF CERTAIN DECISIONS RENDERED BY BOARD OF 
              VETERANS APPEALS.

    (a) Appeal Period.--Section 7266(a) of title 38, United States 
Code, shall be applied in the case of a person who is a Hurricane 
Katrina-affected person by substituting ``240 days'' for ``120 days'' 
with respect to any decision of the Board of Veterans Appeals that is 
rendered during the period beginning on June 1, 2005, and ending on 
November 30, 2005.
    (b) Hurricane Katrina-Affected Person Defined.--For purposes of 
this section, the term ``Hurricane Katrina-affected person'' means a 
person--
            (1) who as of August 28, 2005, resided in a county 
        identified as being adversely affected by Hurricane Katrina in 
        the State of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama by 
        Federal Disaster Declaration notice 1602, 1603, 1604, or 1605, 
        respectively (as amended), issued by the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency; or
            (2) whose claim is under the jurisdiction of the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs regional office in New Orleans, Louisiana, 
        or Jackson, Mississippi.
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