Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act

Bill: 119-hr-2303
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2025-03-24
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Lawyers and legal services

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2303 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2025 Mr. McGarvey (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and enhance the pay of Board of Veterans’ Appeals attorneys for recruitment and retention and to increase the decision quality and claims processing speed of the Board, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act . 2. Board of veterans’ appeals attorney career enhancement Section 7101A(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) before Members ; and (2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: (2) An individual employed by the Board as a non-supervisory attorney may be promoted to grade GS–15 of the General Schedule. .