I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2086 
To direct the Secretary to make interim payments of disability compensation 
benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudica-
tion of such claims, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2013 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. BARBER, Mr. 
BISHOP of New York, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. BROWNLEY of 
California, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. MICHAUD, 
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. KIL-
MER, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. COSTA, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary to make interim payments of dis-
ability compensation benefits for certain claims for such 
compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims, 
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 ‘‘Pay As You Rate Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERIM PAYMENTS OF COMPENSATION BENEFITS 
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 51 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5127. Interim payments of compensation benefits 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a claim described 
in subsection (b), prior to adjudicating the claim, the Sec-
retary shall make interim payments of monetary benefits 
to the claimant based on any disability for which the Sec-
retary has made a decision. Upon the adjudication of the 
claim, the Secretary shall pay to the claimant any mone-
tary benefits awarded to the claimant for the period of 
payment under section 5111 of this title less the amount 
of such benefits paid to the claimant under this section. 
‘‘(b) CLAIM DESCRIBED.—A claim described in this 
subsection is a claim for disability compensation under 
chapter 11 of this title— 
‘‘(1) the adjudication of which requires the Sec-
retary to make decisions with respect to two or more 
disabilities; and 
‘‘(2) for which, before completing the adjudica-
tion of the claim, the Secretary makes a decision 
with respect to a disability that would result in the 
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payment of monetary benefits to the claimant upon 
the adjudication of the claim,’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to such subchapter the 
following new item: 
‘‘5127. Interim payments of compensation benefits.’’. 
Æ 
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