,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjac ,ms4 
,titus 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,mc,intyre1   
,mr4 ,o',rourke1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,mr4     
,bishop of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,kuster1    
,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,ms4 ,brownley of       
,california1 ,mrs4 ,mc,carthy of ,new   
,york1 ,ms4 ,frankel of ,florida1 ,ms4  
,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick
 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4           
,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,rahall1 ,mr4 ,swalwell
 of ,california1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,ms4    
,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,ben ,ray ,lujn
 of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4    
,delaney1 ,mr4 ,waxman1 ,mr4 ,costa1 and
 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary to 
make interim payments of disability     
compensation benefits for certain claims
 for such compensation prior to the     
adjudication of such claims1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,pay ,as ,you  
,rate ,act4  #b4 ,interim payments of   
compensation benefits under laws        
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general     
,subchapter ,,iii of chapter #ea of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #eabg4 ,interim 
payments of compensation benefits  7a7  
,in general ,in the case of a claim     
described in subsection 7b71 prior to   
adjudicating the claim1 the ,secretary  
shall make interim payments of monetary 
benefits to the claimant based on any   
disability for which the ,secretary has 
made a decision4 ,upon the adjudication 
of the claim1 the ,secretary shall pay  
to the claimant any monetary benefits   
awarded to the claimant for the period  
of payment under section #eaaa of this  
title less the amount of such benefits  
paid to the claimant under this section4
  7b7 ,claim described ,a claim         
described in this subsection is a claim 

for disability compensation under       
chapter #aa of this title--  7#a7 the   
adjudication of which requires the      
,secretary to make decisions with       
respect to two or more disabilities2 and
  7#b7 for which1 before completing the 
adjudication of the claim1 the          
,secretary makes a decision with respect
 to a disability that would result in   
the payment of monetary benefits to the 
claimant upon the adjudication of the   
claim1  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      
#eabg4 ,interim payments of compensation
 benefits4  4