,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #diba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjbc,mrs4
 ,luna 7for herself and ,mr4 ,moore of  
,alabama7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to include information relating to      
certain questionnaire on forms to apply 
for disability or pension benefits under
 the laws administered by the ,secretary
 of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 ,inclusion 
of information relating to certain      
questionnaire on forms to apply for     
disability and pension benefits under   
the laws administered by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general  
,section #eaja of title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7d71 by adding at the end the
 following new paragraph3  7#d7 ,the    
,secretary shall include on any covered 
form information relating to such       
disability benefit questionnaire forms1 

including-- 7,a7 a statement that a     
veteran may choose the non-,department  
medical provider that completes such    
disability benefit questionnaire form2  
7,b7 a statement that a veteran may     
submit to the ,secretary such disability
 benefit questionnaire form at any time 
during the period beginning on the date 
on which the veteran files a claim for  
disability benefits under the laws      
administered by the ,secretary and      
ending on the date on which the         
,secretary approves or denies such      
claim2 and  7,c7 a description of       
methods by which a veteran may access   
such disability benefit questionnaire   
form1 including methods to access such  
form without using an internet website4 
2 and  7#b7 in subsection 7e7-- 7,a7 by 
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7  
as paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71            
respectively2 and  7,b7 by inserting    
before paragraph 7#b7 7as so            
redesignated7 the following new         
paragraph3  7#a7 ,the term covered form 

means--  7,a7 a form to apply for       
benefits under chapter #aa or #ae of    
this title2 and  7,b7 ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs ,form #ba-jiff 7or   
any successor document74  4  7b7        
,internet website update ,the ,secretary
 of ,veterans affairs shall include on  
the website of the ,department of       
,veterans ,affairs titled ,how to file a
 ,,va disability claim 7or any successor
 website7 the information relating to   
disability benefit questionnaire forms  
described in paragraph 7#d7 of          
subsection 7d7 of such section 7as added
 by subsection 7a774