,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gddc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #a1 #bjbj ,mr4 
,allred 7for himself and ,mr4 ,hagedorn7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to require the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs to provide the representative  
of record of a claimant for compensation
 or benefits administered by the        
,secretary an opportunity to review a   
proposed determination regarding that   
claim4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,veterans ,claim        
,transparency ,act of #bjbj4  #b4       
,opportunity for representative of      
record to review a proposed             
determination regarding a claim for     
compensation or benefits administered by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs   
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #ei of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  

section3  #eijf4 ,opportunity for       
representative of record to review a    
proposed determination regarding a claim
 for compensation or benefits  7a7 ,in  
general ,in each claim for compensation 
or benefits under this title in which   
the claimant has designated a           
representative of record1 the ,secretary
 shall provide that representative of   
record an opportunity to review the     
proposed determination of the ,secretary
 before it becomes final4  7b7          
,representative of record ,for purposes 
of this section1 a representative of    
record of a claimant may be--  7#a7 a   
representative of the claimant          
recognized under section #eijb of this  
title2 or  7#b7 an agent or attorney of 
the claimant recognized under section   
#eijd of this title4  7c7 ,notice ,the  
,secretary shall submit notification in 
writing to a representative of record   
that a proposed determination is ready  
for review under subsection 7a74  7d7   
,period for review ,each opportunity to 

review a proposed determination under   
subsection 7a7 for a representative of  
record of a claimant shall be for a     
period--  7#a7 beginning at the moment  
the representative receives notification
 under subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 ending 
on the earlier of--  7,a7 the moment    
that the claimant or the representative 
of record indicates to the ,secretary   
that the claimant does not dispute the  
proposed determination2 or  7,b7 the    
moment that is #dh hours after the      
moment described in paragraph 7#a74  7e7
 ,limitation ,the ,secretary may not    
make a proposed determination1 subject  
to a period of review under this        
section1 final until after the period   
under subsection 7d74  4  7b7 ,clerical 
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter #ei of such title  
is amended by inserting after the item  
relating to section #eije the following 
new item3  #eijf4 ,opportunity for      
representative of record to review a    
proposed determination regarding a claim

 for compensation or benefits4  4