[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 1484 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1484


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 2011

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the appeals process 
                 of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REGIONAL OFFICE JURISDICTION OVER INCORPORATION OF 
              SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE INTO PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED CLAIMS.

    (a) Waiver.--Section 7104 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) If a claimant or the claimant's representative submits new 
evidence in support of a case for which a substantive appeal has been 
filed, such evidence shall be submitted to the Board directly and not 
to the agency of jurisdiction, unless the claimant or the claimant's 
representative requests that the evidence be reviewed by the agency of 
jurisdiction before being submitted to the Board.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 7104 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall 
apply with respect to


              

 evidence submitted on or after the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 31, 2011.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.