[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5349 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5349

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a deadline for 
     the certification of certain forms by regional offices of the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

 Mr. Latta (for himself, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Joyce, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Ryan of 
    Ohio, and Mr. Stivers) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a deadline for 
     the certification of certain forms by regional offices 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 ``VA Appeals Backlog Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR CERTIFICATION OF APPEALS FORMS BY REGIONAL OFFICES 
              OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall take such steps as may be 
necessary to ensure that when a regional office of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs receives a form known as ``VA Form 9, Appeal to Board 
of Veterans' Appeals'', or any successor form, submitted by a veteran 
to appeal a decision relating to a claim, the regional office certifies 
such form by not later than one year after the date of the receipt of 
the form.
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