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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2349 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs to annually assess the skills of certain employees and managers 

of the Veterans Benefits Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2011 

Mr. RUNYAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to annually assess the skills 

of certain employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Veterans’ Benefits 

5 Training Improvement Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS PROCESSING 

2 SKILLS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 77 of 

4 title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

5 section 7732A the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 7732B. Annual assessment of claims processing 

7 skills 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) annually assess the skills of appropriate 

10 employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits 

11 Administration who are responsible for processing 

12 claims for compensation and pension benefits under 

13 the laws administered by the Secretary; and 

14 ‘‘(2) develop and implement an individualized 

15 training plan related to such skills for each such em16 ployee and manager. 

17 ‘‘(b) REMEDIATION OF DEFICIENT SKILLS.—(1) In 

18 providing training under subsection (a)(2), if any em19 ployee or manager receives a less than satisfactory result 

20 on any portion of an assessment under subsection (a)(1), 

21 the Secretary shall provide such employee or manager with 

22 remediation of any deficiency in the skills related to such 

23 portion of the assessment. 

24 ‘‘(2) In accordance with this title and title 5, the Sec25 retary shall take appropriate disciplinary actions with re26 spect to any employee or manager who, after being given 


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1 two opportunities for remediation under paragraph (1), 

2 does not receive a satisfactory result on an assessment 

3 under subsection (a)(1). 

4 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 

5 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 

6 on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

7 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report 

8 on the assessments and training conducted under this sec9 tion during the previous year, including a summary of— 

10 ‘‘(1) the results of the assessments under sub11 section (a)(1); 

12 ‘‘(2) remediation provided under subsection 

13 (b)(1); and 

14 ‘‘(3) disciplinary action taken under subsection 

15 (b)(2).’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

18 after the item relating to section 7732A the following new 

19 item: 

‘‘7732B. Annual assessment of claims processing skills.’’. 

20 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Veterans 

21 Affairs shall implement section 7732B of title 38, United 

22 States Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than 

23 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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