,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjac ,mr4 
,kline 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,mrs4  
,bachmann1 ,mr4 ,peterson1 and ,mr4     
,ellison7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct
 the ,secretary of ,defense to conduct a
 review of the ,integrated ,disability  
,evaluation ,system of the ,armed       
,forces and to submit to ,congress a    
report on such system4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,servicemember ,medical ,evaluations    
,review ,act4  #b4 ,review of           
,integrated ,disability ,evaluation     
,system  7a7 ,review ,the ,secretary of 
,defense shall conduct a review of the  
backlog of pending cases in the         
,integrated ,disability ,evaluation     
,system4  7b7 ,report ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall submit to the ,committees on      

,armed ,services of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,senate a      
report on the review under subsection   
7a74 ,such report shall include the     
following3  7#a7 ,the number of pending 
cases that exist as of the date of the  
report1 listed by military department1  
component1 and1 with respect to the     
,national ,guard1 ,state4  7#b7 ,as of  
the date of the report1 the average time
 it takes to process a case in the      
,integrated ,disability ,evaluation     
,system4  7#c7 ,a description of the    
steps the ,secretary will take to       
resolve the backlog of cases in the     
,integrated ,disability ,evaluation     
,system4  7#d7 ,with respect to each    
military department1 the date by which  
the ,secretary plans to resolve such    
backlog4  7#e7 ,the progress and        
estimated cost of moving the ,integrated
 ,disability ,evaluation ,system to an  
integrated and readily accessible       
electronic format that a member of the  
,armed ,forces may access and see the   

status of the member during each phase  
of the system4  7#f7 ,an assessment by  
the ,secretary of the feasibility of    
improving in-transit visibility of      
pending cases1 including by establishing
 a method of tracking a pending case    
when a military treatment facility is   
assigned a packet and pending case for  
action of a member4  7c7 ,pending case  
defined ,in this section1 the term      
pending case means a case where a member
 of the ,armed ,forces who1 as of the   
date of the review under subsection 7a71
 is within the ,integrated ,disability  
,evaluation ,system and has been        
referred to a medical evaluation board4