A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with notice, when veterans electronically file claims for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary, that relevant services may be available from veterans service organizations, and for other purposes.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

15 July 2013

Last action

—

Status

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during and as part of any electronic process for the filing of applications for benefits provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to: (1) notify each claimant or claimant representative that application services may be available from veterans service organizations (VSOs), and (2) provide such claimant or representative with a list of such VSOs.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View file Download file

Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 July 2013
View Download Open at official source
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 July 2013
View Download Open at official source
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 15 July 2013
Open at official source

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.

Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1295
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/1295