SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF DISABILITY CLAIMS PROC-
ESSING. 
(a) PRESTABILIZATION RATES.—Section 1156 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) PRESTABILIZATION RATES.—During the six- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, in assigning to a veteran a prestabilization rat-
ing pursuant to section 4.28 of title 38, Code of Federal 
Regulations, (or successor regulation), the Secretary shall 
assign such a rating at the level of total, 50 percent, or 
30 percent, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) TEMPORARY MINIMUM RATES.—Section 1156 of 
title 38, United States Code, is further amended by insert-
ing after subsection (c), as added by subsection (a), the 
following new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) TEMPORARY MINIMUM RATES.—During the six- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall assign a temporary min-
imum disability rating to a veteran who— 
‘‘(1) has one or more disabilities not covered 
under subsection (a); and 
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‘‘(2) submits a claim for such disability that 
has sufficient evidence to support a minimum dis-
ability rating.’’. 
(c) REPORTING OF CLAIMS BACKLOG.—During the 
six-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall not in-
clude any veteran to whom the Secretary has assigned a 
pre-stabilization rating under subsection (c) of section 
1156 of such title, as added by subsection (a), or a tem-
porary minimum disability rating under subsection (d) of 
such section, as added by subsection (b), in any count of 
the backlog of disability ratings to be assigned by the Sec-
retary. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to claims for disability compensation filed on 
or after that date. 
SEC. 4. TIMING OF MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF BENEFITS 
UNDER THE LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5120(e) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 
Whenever’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) During the six-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
certify benefit payments for any calendar month in such 
a way that such payments will be delivered by mail, or 
transmitted for credit to the payee’s account pursuant to 
subsection (d) of this section, before the first day of the 
calendar month for which such payments are issued.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a calendar month 
that begins after the date that is 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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