[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2349 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2349

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to annually assess the skills of certain employees and 
    managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2011

  Mr. Runyan 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 annually assess the skills of certain employees and 
    managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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' Benefits Training 
Improvement Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS PROCESSING SKILLS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 77 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7732A the following 
new section:
``Sec. 7732B. Annual assessment of claims processing skills
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(1) annually assess the skills of appropriate employees 
        and managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration who are 
        responsible for processing claims for compensation and pension 
        benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary; and
            ``(2) develop and implement an individualized training plan 
        related to such skills for each such employee and manager.
    ``(b) Remediation of Deficient Skills.--(1) In providing training 
under subsection (a)(2), if any employee or manager receives a less 
than satisfactory result on any portion of an assessment under 
subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall provide such employee or manager 
with remediation of any deficiency in the skills related to such 
portion of the assessment.
    ``(2) In accordance with this title and title 5, the Secretary 
shall take appropriate disciplinary actions with respect to any 
employee or manager who, after being given two opportunities for 
remediation under paragraph (1), does not receive a satisfactory result 
on an assessment under subsection (a)(1).
    ``(c) Annual Report.--Not later than March 1 of each year, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the assessments and training conducted under this 
section during the previous year, including a summary of--
            ``(1) the results of the assessments under subsection 
        (a)(1);
            ``(2) remediation provided under subsection (b)(1); and
            ``(3) disciplinary action taken under subsection (b)(2).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
7732A the following new item:

``7732B. Annual assessment of claims processing skills.''.
    (c) Implementation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
implement section 7732B of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), by not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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