[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2382 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2382

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a priority for the 
    Secretary of Veterans Affairs in processing certain claims for 
                             compensation.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2013

Mr. Cook (for himself and Mrs. Negrete McLeod) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a priority for the 
    Secretary of Veterans Affairs in processing certain claims for 
                             compensation.

    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 ``Prioritizing Urgent Claims for 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR PROCESSING CLAIMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 51 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 5109C. Priority for processing claims
    ``In processing claims for compensation under this chapter, the 
Secretary shall provide the following claimants with priority over 
other claimants:
            ``(1) Veterans who have attained the age of 70.
            ``(2) Veterans who are terminally ill.
            ``(3) Veterans with life-threatening illnesses.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
5109B the following new item:

``5109C. Priority for processing claims.''.
                                 <all>