[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2286 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2286

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2015

   Mr. Cook 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 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.''.
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