,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afbc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,negrete ,mc,leod 7for herself1   
,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 and ,ms4        
,kuster7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to make publicly available     
certain information about pending and   
completed claims for compensation under 
the laws administered by the ,secretary1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,va ,claims ,efficiency ,through       
,information ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,public
 availability of certain information    
about pending and completed claims for  
compensation under the laws administered
 by the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs
  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter ,i of     
chapter #ea of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  

the end the following new section3      
#eaji;,c4 ,information about pending and
 completed claims  7a7 ,availability of 
information ,the ,secretary shall       
maintain on the ,internet website of the
 ,department publicly accessible        
information about pending and completed 
claims for compensation under chapter   
#aa of this title4 ,such information    
shall include each of the following3    
7#a7 ,for each regional office--  7,a7  
the average number of days between the  
date of the submittal of a claim and the
 date of the decision with respect to   
the claim for each of the preceding     
#c-month and one-year period2  7,b7 the 
average number of days such a claim is  
pending during the preceding #c-month   
and one-year periods2  7,c7 the quality 
and accuracy rating of the claims       
adjudication process during the         
preceding #c-month and one-year periods2
  7,d7 the number of claims pending2    
7,e7 the number of pending claims that  
have been pending for more than #abe    

days2 and  7,f7 the number of claims    
completed during--  7i7 the current     
month1 to date2  7ii7 the month         
preceding current month2  7iii7 the     
current calendar year1 to date2 and     
7iv7 the calendar year preceding the    
current calendar year2 and  7#b7 ,for   
each medical condition for which a claim
 for compensation is submitted--  7,a7  
the average number of days between the  
date of the submittal of a claim        
relating to such medical condition and  
the date of the decision with respect to
 the claim for each of the preceding    
#c-month and one-year period2  7,b7 the 
average number of days such a claim is  
pending during the preceding #c-month   
and one-year periods2  7,c7 the quality 
and accuracy rating of the claims       
adjudication process as applied to      
claims relating to such medical         
condition during the preceding #c-month 
and one-year periods2  7,d7 the number  
of pending claims relating to such      
condition2  7,e7 the number of such     

pending claims that have been pending   
for more than #abe days2 and  7,f7 the  
number of claims relating to such       
medical condition completed during--    
7i7 the current month1 to date2  7ii7   
the month preceding current month2      
7iii7 the current calendar year1 to     
date2 and  7iv7 the calendar year       
preceding the current calendar year4    
7b7 ,updates ,the ,secretary shall      
update the information on the website   
under subsection 7a7 not less frequently
 than once every seven days4  4  7b7    
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such subchapter
 the following new item3  #eaji;,c4     
,information about pending and completed
 claims4  4