,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cega  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjbe,mrs4 
,torres of ,california introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,inspector    
,general of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs to submit to ,congress a      
report on the backlog of disability     
compensation claims submitted to the    
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veterans ,administration ,backlog  
,accountability ,act of #bjbe4  #b4     
,inspector ,general report on backlog of
 disability compensation claims         
submitted to ,department of ,veterans   
,affairs  7a7 ,report ,not later than   
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,inspector  
,general of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall submit to ,congress a   
report on the backlog of disability     
compensation claims submitted to the    

,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs        
pursuant to chapter #aa of title #ch1   
,united ,states ,code1 pending before   
the ,veterans ,benefits ,administration 
or the ,board of ,veterans' ,appeals4   
7b7 ,matters included ,the report under 
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3 7#a7 ,a description of the   
status of the backlog described in such 
subsection4  7#b7 ,an assessment of how 
the ,secretary is addressing such       
backlog1 including how the ,secretary is
 recruiting staff to fill open positions
 within the ,department using           
authorities or amounts available under  
the ,honoring our ,,pact ,act of #bjbb  
7,public ,law #aag-afh74  7#c7 ,an      
assessment of the effect of any         
reduction in staffing at the ,department
 since ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 affects such
 backlog4  7#d7 ,an assessment of how   
such backlog affects the average amount 
of time claimants who have submitted    
disability compensation claims pursuant 
to chapter #aa of title #ch1 ,united    

,states ,code1 wait for the ,secretary  
to adjudicate those claims4  7#e7 ,an   
assessment of how the ,secretary is     
preparing to address the predicted #ej  
percent increase in such claims         
resulting from the ,honoring our ,,pact 
,act of #bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-afh74  
7#f7 ,an overview of how new            
technologies1 such as automated decision
 support technology1 have contributed to
 the reduction of such backlog4  7#g7   
,recommendations by the ,inspector      
,general to further reduce such backlog4