[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1754 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1754

To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the temporary 
increase in number of judges presiding over the United States Court of 
          Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2015

 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the temporary 
increase in number of judges presiding over the United States Court of 
          Appeals for Veterans Claims, 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 Court of Appeals Support 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT THE TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUMBER OF JUDGES 
              PRESIDING OVER COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.

    (a) Permanent Increase.--Subsection (a) of section 7253 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``seven'' and inserting 
``nine''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (5); and
            (2) by striking subsection (i).
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