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<dc:title>119 HR 659 EH: Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session> 
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 659</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals to give priority to individuals with certain professional experience in recommending such individuals to serve as members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, and for other purposes.</official-title> 
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<section id="H5A89AC3128FD4ECDAB8A19C2D98B3E0C" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025</short-title></quote>. </text></section> <section id="H7B3B644640864D7A845CA02FB5C00515"><enum>2.</enum><header>Priority for individuals with certain professional experience in appointments to Board of Veterans’ Appeals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 7101A of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H98FCB51A237F4A04977FEE40A6E63AD8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In recommending individuals to the Secretary to serve as members of the Board, the Chairman shall give priority to individuals with three or more years of legal professional experience in areas that pertain to the laws administered by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> </legis-body> <attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20260120" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives January 20, 2026.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Kevin F. McCumber,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation> <endorsement display="yes"></endorsement> </bill> 

