Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2303 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2303

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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Board of Veterans' Appeals Attorney 
Retention and Backlog Reduction Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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