US Congress House Bill 1739 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veterans Backlog Reduction Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in the case of any claim for veterans' disability compensation that is not adjudicated within 125 days after submission, to pay such claimant provisional benefits, from the period beginning on the date of such deadline and ending on the date on which a final claim decision is made. Provides a conditional provisional benefit amount. Requires the Secretary to reduce any final claim amount covering the same period by the amount of provisional benefits received. Prohibits the Secretary, upon the eventual denial of a claim, from recovering any provisional payments unless the Secretary determines an indication of fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith in connection with the original claim.

Veterans Backlog Reduction Act

Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1739/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1739/BILLS-113hr1739ih.pdf