[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1994 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1994

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make improvements to the 
 information technology system of the Veterans Benefits Administration 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2017

Mr. Bilirakis 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 make improvements to the 
 information technology system of the Veterans Benefits Administration 
     of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ``Vocational Education and Training 
Enhancements for Reintegration Assistance Now Act'' or the ``VETERAN 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE VETERANS BENEFITS 
              ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Processing of Certain Educational Assistance Claims.--The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the maximum extent possible, 
make such changes and improvements to the information technology system 
of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to ensure that--
            (1) to the maximum extent possible, all original and 
        supplemental claims for educational assistance under chapter 33 
        of title 38, United States Code, are adjudicated 
        electronically; and
            (2) rules-based processing is used to make decisions with 
        respect to such claims with little human intervention.
    (b) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to Congress a plan to implement the changes and improvements 
described in subsection (a).
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to Congress a report on the implementation of the changes and 
improvements described in subsection (a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs $30,000,000 to carry 
out this section during fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
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