,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ihd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,van ,orden 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 timely 
equitable relief to an individual who   
suffers a loss based on an              
administrative error by the ,secretary1 
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,improvements to equitable relief in the
 case of an administrative error by the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7   
,affirmative duty ,to provide timely    
equitable relief ,section #ejc of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by striking may both places it appears  
and inserting shall1 not later than #abj
 days after such determination14  7b7   
,cancellation of debt collection        
,section #ecad of such title is amended1
 in subsection 7a71 by adding at the end

 the following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,the
 ,secretary shall promptly cancel any   
agreement1 entered into by the          
,secretary with a debt collector 7as    
defined in section #hjc of the ,fair    
,debt ,collection ,practices ,act 7#ae  
,u4,s4,c4 #afib;a77 to collect an amount
 of indebtedness described in paragraph 
7#a71 if the ,secretary determines that 
the determination of such indebtedness  
was in error4  4