,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,flores introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,veterans ,affairs to make certain      
improvements in the information         
technology of the ,veterans ,benefits   
,administration of the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs to process claims    
more efficiently1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans ,benefits 
,administration ,information ,technology
 ,improvement ,act of #bjad4  #b4       
,improvement of information technology  
of the ,veterans ,benefits              
,administration of the ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,processing of  
certain educational assistance claims   
,the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
shall1 to the maximum extent possible1  
make such changes and improvements to   

the information technology system of the
 ,veterans ,benefits ,administration of 
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs to
 ensure that--  7#a7 to the maximum     
extent possible1 all original and       
supplemental claims for educational     
assistance under chapter #cc of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 are         
adjudicated electronically2 and  7#b7   
rules-based processing is used to make  
decisions with respect to such claims   
with little human intervention4  7b7    
,vocational rehabilitation claims ,the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
reduce redundancy and inefficiencies in 
the use of information technology to    
process claims for rehabilitation       
programs under chapter #ca of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 by--  7#a7      
ensuring that payments of subsistence   
allowance for veterans participating in 
a rehabilitation program under such     
chapter are only processed and paid out 
of one corporate information technology 
system1 in order to eliminate the       

redundancy of multiple information      
technology payment systems2 and  7#b7   
enhancing the information technology    
system supporting veterans participating
 in such a program to support more      
accurate accounting of services and     
outcomes for such veterans4  7c7 ,report
 ,not later than #ahj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
submit to ,congress a report on the     
changes made pursuant to the            
requirements os subsections 7a7 and 7b74