,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aadh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ab1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,heinrich 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,heller7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to direct the    
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to     
provide notice of average times for     
processing claims1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veterans ,benefits 
,claims ,faster ,filing ,act4  #b4      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs notice
 of average times for processing claims 
7a7 ,public notice ,the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs shall post the       
information described in subsection     
7c7--  7#a7 in a conspicuous place in   
each regional office and claims intake  
facility of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs2 and  7#b7 on the ,internet   
website of the ,department4  7b7 ,notice

 to applicants ,the ,secretary shall    
provide to each person who submits a    
claim for a benefit under a law         
administered by the ,secretary before   
the person submits such claim--  7#a7   
notice of the information described in  
subsection 7c72 and  7#b7 notice that   
the person is eligible to receive up to 
an extra year of benefits payments if   
the person files a claim that is fully  
developed4  7c7 ,information described  
7#a7 ,in general ,the information       
described in this subsection is the     
following3  7,a7 ,the average processing
 time of the claims described in        
paragraph 7#b74  7,b7 ,the percentage of
 each of the following types of         
submitted claims for benefits under the 
laws administered by the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs for which benefits   
are awarded3  7i7 ,claims filed by      
veterans who authorized a veterans      
service organization to act on the      
veterans' behalf under a durable power  
of attorney4  7ii7 ,claims filed by     

veterans who authorized a person other  
than a veterans service organization to 
act on the veterans' behalf under a     
durable power of attorney4  7iii7       
,claims filed by veterans who did not   
authorize a person to act on the        
veterans' behalf under a durable power  
of attorney4  7#b7 ,claims described    
,the claims described in this paragraph 
are each of the following types of      
claims for benefits under the laws      
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs3  7,a7 ,a fully      
developed claim that is submitted in    
standard electronic form4  7,b7 ,a fully
 developed claim that is submitted in   
standard paper form4  7,c7 ,a claim that
 is not fully developed that is         
submitted in standard electronic form4  
7,d7 ,a claim that is not fully         
developed that is submitted in standard 
paper form4  7,e7 ,a claim that is not  
fully developed that is submitted in    
non-standard paper form4  7#c7 ,update  
of information ,the information         

described in this subsection shall be   
updated not less frequently than once   
each fiscal quarter4