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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 Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to annually assess the skills 
of certain employees and managers of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Benefits 
Training Improvement Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS PROCESSING 
SKILLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 77 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 7732A the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7732B. Annual assessment of claims processing 
skills 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) annually assess the skills of appropriate 
employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration who are responsible for processing 
claims for compensation and pension benefits under 
the laws administered by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(2) develop and implement an individualized 
training plan related to such skills for each such em-
ployee and manager. 
‘‘(b) REMEDIATION OF DEFICIENT SKILLS.—(1) In 
providing training under subsection (a)(2), if any em-
ployee or manager receives a less than satisfactory result 
on any portion of an assessment under subsection (a)(1), 
the Secretary shall provide such employee or manager with 
remediation of any deficiency in the skills related to such 
portion of the assessment. 
‘‘(2) In accordance with this title and title 5, the Sec-
retary shall take appropriate disciplinary actions with re-
spect to any employee or manager who, after being given 
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two opportunities for remediation under paragraph (1), 
does not receive a satisfactory result on an assessment 
under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of 
each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report 
on the assessments and training conducted under this sec-
tion during the previous year, including a summary of— 
‘‘(1) the results of the assessments under sub-
section (a)(1); 
‘‘(2) remediation provided under subsection 
(b)(1); and 
‘‘(3) disciplinary action taken under subsection 
(b)(2).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 7732A the following new 
item: 
‘‘7732B. Annual assessment of claims processing skills.’’. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall implement section 7732B of title 38, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), by not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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