,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,meng 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,lance1   
,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4      
,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,higgins1
 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4      
,kuster1 ,mr4 ,maffei1 ,mr4 ,mc,intyre1 
,mr4 ,o',rourke1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mrs4    
,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 and ,mr4 
,barber7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to require the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs to submit to ,congress an      
annual report on the performance of the 
regional offices of the ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,va     
,regional ,office ,accountability ,act4 
#b4 ,annual report on performance of    
regional offices of the ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs ,section #ggcd of    
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    

amended--  7#a7 in the first sentence1  
by inserting before the period the      
following3 and on the performance of any
 regional office that fails to meet its 
administrative goals2  7#b7 in paragraph
 7#b71 by striking and2  7#c7 by        
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#d7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#b7 the following new  
paragraph 7#c73  7#c7 in the case of any
 regional office that1 for the year     
covered by the report1 did not meet the 
administrative goal of no claim pending 
for more than #abe days and an accuracy 
rating of #ih percent--  7,a7 a signed  
statement prepared by the individual    
serving as director of the regional     
office as of the date of the submittal  
of the report containing--  7i7 an      
explanation for why the regional office 
did not meet the goal2  7ii7 a          
description of the additional resources 
needed to enable the regional office to 
reach the goal2 and  7iii7 a description
 of any additional actions planned for  

the subsequent year that are proposed to
 enable the regional office to meet the 
goal2 and  7,b7 a statement prepared by 
the ,under ,secretary for ,benefits     
explaining how the failure of the       
regional office to meet the goal        
affected the performance evaluation of  
the director of the regional office2 and
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