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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1063

To amend chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code, to improve the

administration of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 19, 2001

Mr. ROCKEFELLER (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read

twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To amend chapter 72 of title 38, United States Code, to

improve the administration of the United States Court

of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Court

5 of Appeals for Veterans Claims Administration Improve6 ment Act of 2001’’.

7 SEC. 2. REGISTRATION FEES.

8 (a) Section 7285(a) of title 38, United States Code,

9 is amended by adding the following sentence at the end:

10 ‘‘In order to defray the expenses of judicial conferences
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1 convened pursuant to section 7286 of this title, the Court

2 may also impose a registration fee on the active participa3 tion at such conferences by persons described in that sec4 tion.’’.

5 (b) Section 7285(b) of such title is amended by—

6 (1) inserting ‘‘conducting investigations and

7 proceedings, including’’ in paragraph (1) after

8 ‘‘(1)’’;

9 (2) inserting a comma after ‘‘counsel’’ in para10 graph (1); and

11 (3) striking ‘‘administrative costs for the imple12 mentation of the standards of proficiency prescribed

13 for practice before the Court’’ in paragraph (2) and

14 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the expenses of judicial

15 conferences convened pursuant to section 7286 of

16 this title and other activities and programs that are

17 designed to support and foster bench and bar com18 munication and relationships or the study, under19 standing, public commemoration, or improvement of

20 veterans law or of the work of the Court.’’.

21 (c)(1) The heading for such section is amended by

22 striking ‘‘Practice fee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

23 ‘‘Registration fees’’.

24 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter

25 72 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Practice fee.’’ and
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1 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Registration fees.’’ in the item

2 related to section 7285.

3 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.

4 (a) Subchapter III of chapter 72 of title 38, United

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7286

6 the following new section:

7 ‘‘§ 7287. Administration

8 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

9 Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims may exercise, for

10 purposes of management, administration, and expenditure

11 of funds, the authorities provided for such purposes by

12 any provision of law (including any limitation with respect

13 to such provision) applicable to a court of the United

14 States as defined in section 451 of title 28, except to the

15 extent that such provision of law is inconsistent with a

16 provision of this chapter.’’.

17 (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such

18 chapter is amended by inserting after the item related to

19 section 7286 the following new item:

‘‘7287. Administration.’’.

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