<mods xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" ID="P0b002ee1976c24b2">
    <name type="corporate">
         <namePart>United States Government Publishing Office</namePart>
         <role>
              <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">publisher</roleTerm>
              <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">pbl</roleTerm>
        </role>
         <role>
              <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">distributor</roleTerm>
              <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">dst</roleTerm>
        </role>
    </name>
    <name type="corporate">
         <namePart>United States</namePart>
         <namePart>National Archives and Records Administration</namePart>
         <namePart>Office of the Federal Register</namePart>
         <role>
              <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">author</roleTerm>
              <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="code">aut</roleTerm>
        </role>
         <description>Government Organization</description>
    </name>
    <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource>
    <genre authority="marcgt">government publication</genre>
    <language>
         <languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</languageTerm>
    </language>
    <extension>
         <collectionCode>PLAW</collectionCode>
         <category>Bills and Statutes</category>
         <searchTitle>An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.;Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017;Public Law 115-55;</searchTitle>
         <waisDatabaseName>115_cong_public_laws</waisDatabaseName>
         <branch>legislative</branch>
         <dateIngested>2017-11-07</dateIngested>
         <associatedBills>H.R. 2288, 115th Congress
					</associatedBills>
         <associatedBills>H.R. 2288, 115th Congress
					</associatedBills>
         <associatedBills>S. 1024, 115th Congress
					</associatedBills>
    </extension>
    <titleInfo>
         <title>An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform the rights and processes relating to appeals of decisions regarding claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.</title>
    </titleInfo>
    <titleInfo type="alternative">
         <title>Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017</title>
    </titleInfo>
    <titleInfo type="alternative">
         <title>Public Law 115-55</title>
    </titleInfo>
    <originInfo>
         <publisher>U.S. Government Publishing Office</publisher>
         <dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">2017-08-23</dateIssued>
         <issuance>monographic</issuance>
    </originInfo>
    <physicalDescription>
         <note type="source content type">deposited</note>
         <digitalOrigin>born digital</digitalOrigin>
         <extent>24 digital object pages</extent>
    </physicalDescription>
    <classification authority="sudocs">AE 2.110:</classification>
    <classification authority="sudocs">AE 2.110/3:</classification>
    <classification authority="sudocs">AE 2.110:115-55</classification>
    <identifier type="uri">https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-115publ55</identifier>
    <identifier type="local">P0b002ee1976c24b2</identifier>
    <identifier type="ILS system id">001034855</identifier>
    <identifier type="former package identifier">f:publ055_115</identifier>
    <recordInfo>
         <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">DGPO</recordContentSource>
         <recordCreationDate encoding="w3cdtf">2017-11-07</recordCreationDate>
         <recordChangeDate encoding="w3cdtf">2026-01-02</recordChangeDate>
         <recordIdentifier source="DGPO">PLAW-115publ55</recordIdentifier>
         <recordOrigin>machine generated</recordOrigin>
         <languageOfCataloging>
              <languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</languageTerm>
        </languageOfCataloging>
    </recordInfo>
    <accessCondition type="GPO scope determination">fdlp</accessCondition>
    <extension>
         <docClass>PUBLIC</docClass>
         <accessId>PLAW-115publ55</accessId>
         <congress>115</congress>
         <number>55</number>
         <bill congress="115" context="side note" number="2288" priority="primary" type="HR"></bill>
         <bill congress="115" context="legislative history" number="2288" priority="primary" type="HR"></bill>
         <bill congress="115" context="legislative history" number="1024" priority="secondary" type="S"></bill>
         <shortTitle>Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017</shortTitle>
         <isAppropriation>false</isAppropriation>
         <legislativeHistory>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2288 (S. 1024):&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-135 (Comm. on Veterans&apos; Affairs).&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;SENATE REPORTS: No. 115-126 (Comm. on Veterans&apos; Affairs) accompanying &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;S. 1024.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;            May 23, considered and passed House.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;            Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;            Aug. 11, House concurred in Senate amendment.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;                                  </legislativeHistory>
         <congCommittee authorityId="ssva00" chamber="S" congress="115" type="S">
                                
              <name type="authority-standard">Committee on Veterans&apos; Affairs</name>
                                
              <name type="authority-short">Veterans&apos; Affairs</name>
                            
        </congCommittee>
         <congReport congress="115" number="135" type="H"></congReport>
         <congReport congress="115" number="126" type="S"></congReport>
         <USCode title="38">
                                
              <section number="101"></section>
                                
              <section number="5100"></section>
                                
              <section number="5103A"></section>
                                
              <section number="5104B"></section>
                                
              <section number="5104"></section>
                                
              <section detail="(b)" number="5104"></section>
                                
              <section number="5108"></section>
                                
              <section number="5109"></section>
                                
              <section detail="(d)" number="5109"></section>
                                
              <section number="5110"></section>
                                
              <section number="5902"></section>
                                
              <section detail="(b)(1)" number="7103"></section>
                                
              <section number="7105"></section>
                                
              <section number="7107"></section>
                                
              <chapter number="59"></chapter>
                                
              <chapter number="71"></chapter>
                            
        </USCode>
         <statuteAtLarge volume="131">
                                
              <pages pages="1105"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1106"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1107"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1108"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1109"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1110"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1111"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1112"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1113"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1114"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1115"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1116"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1117"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1118"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1119"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1120"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1121"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1122"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1123"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1124"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1125"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1126"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1127"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1128"></pages>
                            
        </statuteAtLarge>
    </extension>
    <originInfo>
         <publisher>U.S. Government Publishing Office</publisher>
         <dateIssued encoding="w3cdtf">2017-08-23</dateIssued>
         <issuance>monographic</issuance>
    </originInfo>
    <physicalDescription>
         <note type="source content type">deposited</note>
         <digitalOrigin>born digital</digitalOrigin>
         <extent>24 p.</extent>
    </physicalDescription>
    <classification authority="sudocs">AE 2.110:</classification>
    <classification authority="sudocs">AE 2.110/3:</classification>
    <classification authority="sudocs">AE 2.110:115-55</classification>
    <identifier type="local">P0b002ee1976c24b2</identifier>
    <identifier type="uri">https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-115publ55</identifier>
    <identifier type="former package identifier">f:publ055_115</identifier>
    <identifier type="preferred citation">Public Law 115-55</identifier>
    <location>
         <url displayLabel="Content Detail" access="object in context">https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-115publ55</url>
         <url displayLabel="HTML rendition" access="raw object">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ55/html/PLAW-115publ55.htm</url>
         <url displayLabel="PDF rendition" access="raw object">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ55/pdf/PLAW-115publ55.pdf</url>
         <url displayLabel="USLM rendition" access="raw object">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ55/uslm/PLAW-115publ55.xml</url>
    </location>
    <accessCondition type="GPO scope determination">fdlp</accessCondition>
    <recordInfo>
         <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">DGPO</recordContentSource>
         <recordCreationDate encoding="w3cdtf">2017-11-07</recordCreationDate>
         <recordChangeDate encoding="w3cdtf">2026-01-02</recordChangeDate>
         <recordIdentifier source="DGPO">PLAW-115publ55</recordIdentifier>
         <recordOrigin>machine generated</recordOrigin>
         <languageOfCataloging>
              <languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</languageTerm>
        </languageOfCataloging>
    </recordInfo>
    <extension>
         <docClass>PUBLIC</docClass>
         <accessId>PLAW-115publ55</accessId>
         <congress>115</congress>
         <number>55</number>
         <bill congress="115" context="side note" number="2288" priority="primary" type="HR"></bill>
         <bill congress="115" context="legislative history" number="2288" priority="primary" type="HR"></bill>
         <bill congress="115" context="legislative history" number="1024" priority="secondary" type="S"></bill>
         <shortTitle>Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017</shortTitle>
         <isAppropriation>false</isAppropriation>
         <legislativeHistory>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 2288 (S. 1024):&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-135 (Comm. on Veterans&apos; Affairs).&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;SENATE REPORTS: No. 115-126 (Comm. on Veterans&apos; Affairs) accompanying &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;S. 1024.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;            May 23, considered and passed House.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;            Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;            Aug. 11, House concurred in Senate amendment.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;                                  </legislativeHistory>
         <congCommittee authorityId="ssva00" chamber="S" congress="115" type="S">
                                
              <name type="authority-standard">Committee on Veterans&apos; Affairs</name>
                                
              <name type="authority-short">Veterans&apos; Affairs</name>
                            
        </congCommittee>
         <congReport congress="115" number="135" type="H"></congReport>
         <congReport congress="115" number="126" type="S"></congReport>
         <USCode title="38">
                                
              <section number="101"></section>
                                
              <section number="5100"></section>
                                
              <section number="5103A"></section>
                                
              <section number="5104B"></section>
                                
              <section number="5104"></section>
                                
              <section detail="(b)" number="5104"></section>
                                
              <section number="5108"></section>
                                
              <section number="5109"></section>
                                
              <section detail="(d)" number="5109"></section>
                                
              <section number="5110"></section>
                                
              <section number="5902"></section>
                                
              <section detail="(b)(1)" number="7103"></section>
                                
              <section number="7105"></section>
                                
              <section number="7107"></section>
                                
              <chapter number="59"></chapter>
                                
              <chapter number="71"></chapter>
                            
        </USCode>
         <statuteAtLarge volume="131">
                                
              <pages pages="1105"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1106"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1107"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1108"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1109"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1110"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1111"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1112"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1113"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1114"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1115"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1116"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1117"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1118"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1119"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1120"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1121"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1122"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1123"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1124"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1125"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1126"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1127"></pages>
                                
              <pages pages="1128"></pages>
                            
        </statuteAtLarge>
    </extension>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States House Bill 2288 (115th Congress)</title>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="Congressional Bill citation">H.R. 2288</identifier>
         <extension>
              <congress>115</congress>
              <context>side note</context>
        </extension>
    </relatedItem>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States House Bill 2288 (115th Congress)</title>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="Congressional Bill citation">H.R. 2288</identifier>
         <extension>
              <congress>115</congress>
              <context>legislative history</context>
        </extension>
    </relatedItem>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States Senate Bill 1024 (115th Congress)</title>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="Congressional Bill citation">S. 1024</identifier>
         <extension>
              <congress>115</congress>
              <context>legislative history</context>
        </extension>
    </relatedItem>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States Code</title>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 101</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5100</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5103A</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5104B</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5104</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5104(b)</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5108</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5109</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5109(d)</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5110</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 5902</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 7103(b)(1)</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 7105</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Section 7107</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Chapter 59</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Title 38 Chapter 71</partNumber>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 101</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5100</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5103A</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5104B</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5104</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5104(b)</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5108</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5109</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5109(d)</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5110</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 5902</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 7103(b)(1)</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 7105</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. 7107</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. Chapter 59</identifier>
         <identifier type="USC citation">38 U.S.C. Chapter 71</identifier>
    </relatedItem>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States Statutes at Large</title>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1105</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1106</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1107</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1108</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1109</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1110</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1111</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1112</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1113</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1114</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1115</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1116</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1117</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1118</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1119</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1120</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1121</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1122</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1123</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1124</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1125</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1126</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1127</partNumber>
              <partNumber>Volume 131 Page 1128</partNumber>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1105</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1106</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1107</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1108</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1109</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1110</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1111</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1112</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1113</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1114</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1115</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1116</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1117</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1118</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1119</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1120</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1121</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1122</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1123</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1124</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1125</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1126</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1127</identifier>
         <identifier type="Statute citation">131 Stat. 1128</identifier>
    </relatedItem>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States House Report 135 (115th Congress)</title>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="congressional report citation">H. Rept. 115-135</identifier>
    </relatedItem>
    <relatedItem type="isReferencedBy">
         <titleInfo>
              <title>United States Senate Report 126 (115th Congress)</title>
        </titleInfo>
         <identifier type="congressional report citation">S. Rept. 115-126</identifier>
    </relatedItem>
</mods>