[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1864 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1864

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide for the automated processing of veterans 
                    disability compensation claims.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2007

Mr. Lamborn (for himself and Mr. Buyer) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to provide for the automated processing of veterans 
                    disability compensation claims.

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

SECTION 1. AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION CLAIMS BY 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Automated Claims Processing.--Chapter 77 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subchapter:

             ``SUBCHAPTER III--AUTOMATED CLAIMS PROCESSING

``Sec. 7741. Automated processing of disability compensation claims
    ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary shall develop of a rules-based 
expert system to automate the adjudication of claims of veterans 
disability compensation. Such system shall be designed to provide a 
disability rating recommendation based on the applicable rate of 
disability compensation under chapter 11 of this title.
    ``(b) Contract Authority.--To carry out the requirement of 
subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into a contract with a private 
entity with significant experience in developing rules-based expert 
systems.
    ``(c) Implementation.--Not later than four years after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall implement the rules-
based expert system developed under subsection (a) at not less than two 
regional offices of the Department.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to 
carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2011.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new items:

              ``subchapter iii--automated claims processing

``2241. Automated processing of disability compensation claims.''.
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