H.R. 1809: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.
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H.R. 1809: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.
113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.
Plain summary
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to post notices of average times for the processing of compensation claims, as well as the percentage of claims approved, in a conspicuous place in each VA regional office and claims intake facility and on the VA website. Requires the Secretary to notify each person submitting a claim of the above information, as well as the person's eligibility to receive up to an extra year of benefit payments upon filing a claim that is fully developed. Requires the notice information to be updated at least quarterly.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] · 29 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr1809.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr1809 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113