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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1623 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to make publicly available certain information about pending 
and completed claims for compensation under the laws administered 
by the Secretary, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2013 
Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD (for herself, Mr. COOK, Mr. RUIZ, and Ms. KUSTER) 
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 Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to make publicly available 
certain information about pending and completed claims 
for compensation under the laws administered by the 
Secretary, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Claims Efficiency 
Through Information Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION 
ABOUT PENDING AND COMPLETED CLAIMS 
FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE LAWS AD-
MINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 51 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5109C. Information about pending and completed 
claims 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY
OF INFORMATION.—The Sec-
retary shall maintain on the Internet website of the De-
partment publicly accessible information about pending 
and completed claims for compensation under chapter 11 
of this title. Such information shall include each of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) For each regional office— 
‘‘(A) the average number of days between 
the date of the submittal of a claim and the 
date of the decision with respect to the claim 
for each of the preceding 3-month and one-year 
period; 
‘‘(B) the average number of days such a 
claim is pending during the preceding 3-month 
and one-year periods; 
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‘‘(C) the quality and accuracy rating of the 
claims adjudication process during the pre-
ceding 3-month and one-year periods; 
‘‘(D) the number of claims pending; 
‘‘(E) the number of pending claims that 
have been pending for more than 125 days; and 
‘‘(F) the number of claims completed dur-
ing— 
‘‘(i) the current month, to date; 
‘‘(ii) the month preceding current 
month; 
‘‘(iii) the current calendar year, to 
date; and 
‘‘(iv) the calendar year preceding the 
current calendar year; and 
‘‘(2) For each medical condition for which a 
claim for compensation is submitted— 
‘‘(A) the average number of days between 
the date of the submittal of a claim relating to 
such medical condition and the date of the deci-
sion with respect to the claim for each of the 
preceding 3-month and one-year period; 
‘‘(B) the average number of days such a 
claim is pending during the preceding 3-month 
and one-year periods; 
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‘‘(C) the quality and accuracy rating of the 
claims adjudication process as applied to claims 
relating to such medical condition during the 
preceding 3-month and one-year periods; 
‘‘(D) the number of pending claims relat-
ing to such condition; 
‘‘(E) the number of such pending claims 
that have been pending for more than 125 days; 
and 
‘‘(F) the number of claims relating to such 
medical condition completed during— 
‘‘(i) the current month, to date; 
‘‘(ii) the month preceding current 
month; 
‘‘(iii) the current calendar year, to 
date; and 
‘‘(iv) the calendar year preceding the 
current calendar year. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update the in-
formation on the website under subsection (a) not less fre-
quently than once every seven days.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
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