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DefenseH.R. 1286Comments

Simplifying Forms for Veterans Claims Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an assessment of forms that the Secretary sends to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to assess the forms that the VA sends to claimants. The center must submit a written assessment to the VA that includes recommendations on how the VA may make the forms clearer and more organized.

The VA must implement certain recommendations in the assessment within two years after the assessment is received.

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Timeline

  1. SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. House floor actionsMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Floor Vote
  4. Passed the House
  5. House floor actionsReported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-100.
  6. House committee actionsCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. House committee actionsSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  8. House committee actionsSubcommittee Hearings Held
  9. House committee actionsReferred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
  10. Library of CongressIntroduced in House
  11. House floor actionsReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  12. Introduced
  13. Committee

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