,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bebh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,titus 7for herself and ,mr4 ,horsford7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish a task force in
 the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs  
to assess the retention and training of 
claims processors4  #a4 ,establishment  
of task force on retention and training 
of ,department of ,veterans ,affairs    
claims processors and adjudicators  7a7 
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs shall establish a    
task force to assess retention and      
training of claims processors and       
adjudicators that are employed by the   

,department of ,veterans ,affairs and   
other ,federal agencies and departments4
  7b7 ,composition ,the task force shall
 be composed of the following3  7#a7    
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4  
7#b7 ,the ,director of the ,office of   
,personnel ,management4  7#c7 ,the      
,commissioner of ,social ,security4     
7#d7 ,an employee of the ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs selected by the      
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs who    
is--  7,a7 a veteran service            
representative2  7,b7 a rating veteran  
service representative2 or  7,c7 a      
decision review officer4  7#e7 ,an      
individual selected by the ,secretary   
who represents an organization          
recognized by the ,secretary for the    
representation of veterans under section
 #eijb of title #ch1 ,united ,states    
,code4  7#f7 ,such other individuals    
selected by the ,secretary who represent
 such other organizations and           
institutions as the ,secretary considers
 appropriate4  7c7 ,duration ,the task  

force established under subsection 7a7  
shall terminate not later than two years
 after the date on which the task force 
is established under such subsection4   
7d7 ,duties ,the duties of the task     
force are as follows3  7#a7 ,to identify
 key skills required by claims          
processors and adjudicators to perform  
the duties of claims processors and     
adjudicators in the various claims      
processing and adjudication positions   
throughout the ,federal ,government4    
7#b7 ,to identify reasons for employee  
attrition from claims processing        
positions4  7#c7 ,not later than one    
year after the date of the establishment
 of the task force1 to develop a        
,governmentwide strategic and           
operational plan for promoting          
employment of veterans in claims        
processing positions in the ,federal    
,government4  7#d7 ,to coordinate with  
educational institutions to develop     
training and programs of education for  
members of the ,armed ,forces to prepare

 such members for employment in claims  
processing and adjudication positions in
 the ,federal ,government4  7#e7 ,to    
identify and coordinate offices of the  
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
located throughout the ,united ,states  
to provide information about1 and       
promotion of1 available claims          
processing positions to members of the  
,armed ,forces transitioning to civilian
 life and to veterans with disabilities4
  7#f7 ,to establish performance        
measures to assess the plan developed   
under paragraph 7#c71 to assess the     
implementation of such plan1 and revise 
such plan as the task force considers   
appropriate4  7#g7 ,to establish        
performance measures to evaluate the    
effectiveness of the task force4  7e7   
,reports  7#a7 ,submittal of plan ,not  
later than one year after the date of   
the establishment of the task force1 the
 ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall 
submit to ,congress a report on the plan

 developed by the task force under      
subsection 7d77#c74  7#b7 ,assessment of
 implementation ,not later than #abj    
days after the termination of the task  
force1 the ,secretary shall submit to   
,congress a report that assesses the    
implementation of the plan developed by 
the task force under subsection 7d77#c74