,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjae    
,mr4 ,o',rourke 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,kuster1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,rush1    
,mr4 ,jones1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4        
,swalwell of ,california1 ,miss ,rice of
 ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 and ,mr4       
,takano7 introduced the following bill2 
which was 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 claims and         
percentage of claims approved1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,veteran's     
,benefits ,claims ,faster ,filing ,act  
of #bjae4  #b4 ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs notice of average times for    
processing claims and percentage of     
claims approved  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 facilities of the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs2 and  7#b7 on the   
,internet ,web site of the ,department4 
7b7 ,notice to applicants  7#a7 ,in     
general ,the ,secretary shall provide to
 each person who submits a claim for    
benefits under the laws 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  7#b7 
,acknowledgment of receipt of notice    
,each person who submits a claim for    
benefits under the laws administered by 
the ,secretary shall include in such    
application a signed form acknowledging 
that the person received the information
 described in subsection 7c74  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#b7 and the     
percentage of such submitted claims for 
which benefits are awarded4  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