Veterans Court of Appeals Support Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1754
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2015-07-14
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Federal appellate courts

Judges

Specialized courts

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2015-10-06
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-242.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Veterans Court of Appeals Support Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bills makes permanent the maximum number of judges presiding over the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims to nine judges.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1754 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 14, 2015 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the temporary increase in number of judges presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Court of Appeals Support Act of 2015 . 2. Making permanent the temporary increase in number of judges presiding over Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (a) Permanent increase Subsection (a) of section 7253 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking seven and inserting nine . (b) Conforming amendments Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (5); and (2) by striking subsection (i).