About the bill
It takes six years on average for veterans to resolve an appeal for a disability claim with the VA. A new law aims to cut that. The Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act, signed into law last week, aims to cut that backlog.
Context
Any time a veteran files a claim for disability that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rejects, they have the right to appeal. But the average wait before a final decision is six years — and one service member has even waited 25 years. As a result, the number of pending appeals has increased sharply, rising in the past two years alone from 380,000 to now 470,000 pending appeals.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) currently spends about $63.7 billion per year on 4.1 …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was enacted as:
31 Cosponsors (17 Democrats, 13 Republicans, 1 Independent)
History
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May 3, 2017
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Introduced
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May 17, 2017
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Considered by Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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May 23, 2017
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Jun 28, 2017
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Ordered Reported
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Jul 10, 2017
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Reported by Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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Aug 1, 2017
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Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2288 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1024 (115th). |
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Aug 11, 2017
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House Agreed to Changes
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2288 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1024 (115th). |
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Aug 23, 2017
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Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2288 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 1024 (115th). |
S. 1024 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 1024. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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