,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjhc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ae1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,barrett introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to make certain          
improvements in the process of the      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs for   
making payments to automobile sellers   
for automobiles purchased for certain   
disabled veterans1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,centralized        
,reimbursement for ,upgraded ,innovative
 ,service ,equipment ,act or the        
,,cruise ,act4  #b4 ,improvements to    
process for making payments to          
automobile sellers for automobiles      
purchased for certain disabled veterans 
7a7 ,timeliness of payments ,section    
#cijb of title #ch1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended1 in subsection 7a7--  
7#a7 by inserting 7#a7 before ,the      

,secretary2 and  7#b7 by adding at the  
end the following new paragraph3  7#b7  
,the ,secretary shall-- 7,a7 make       
payments under this section in          
compliance with section #cijc7;a7 of    
title #ca2 and  7,b7 in the case of any 
payment under this section that is not  
processed within #cj days1 the          
,secretary shall publish the number of  
days required to process the payment4  4
  7b7 ,centralization of process for    
making payments ,such section is amended
 by adding at the end the following new 
subsection3  7f7  7#a7 ,the ,secretary  
shall ensure that the process for making
 payments to sellers under this section 
is centralized within the ,central      
,office of the ,department4  7#b7 ,the  
,secretary shall develop a process to   
accurately track and resolve payments   
due to sellers under this section that  
have been outstanding for longer than   
#ij days4  4