H.R. 1484: Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011
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H.R. 1484: Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-04-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-04-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 377 (2011): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1484 (2011-05-31), Passed. See all
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011
Plain summary
Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011 - Provides that if a veteran claimant or representative submits new evidence in support of a case for which a substantive appeal has been filed to the Board of Veterans' Appeals, such evidence shall be submitted directly to the Board and not to the agency of jurisdiction, unless the claimant or representative requests that the evidence first be reviewed by the agency of jurisdiction.
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Official text
Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · 1 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- House roll call 377 (2011): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1484 (2011-05-31): Passed
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- Jurisdiction
- The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1484.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1484 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112