HR 3670
109th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative remedies
Alabama
Appellate courts
Appellate procedure
Claims
Courts of special jurisdiction
Emergency Management
Floods
Florida
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Judicial review
Law
Limitation of actions
Louisiana
Mississippi
Veterans' benefits
To extend for persons affected by Hurricane Katrina the time for appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims of certain decisions of the Board of Veterans Appeals that are rendered during the period from June 1, 2005, through November 30, 2005.
Introduced: September 7, 2005
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Introduced
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To President
Became law
Sep 7, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 7, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Allows a person who is adversely affected by a final decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals and who is a Hurricane Katrina-affected person 240 days (currently, 120 days) after such decision to file an appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, with respect to any Board decision rendered during the period beginning on June 1, 2005, and ending on November 30, 2005.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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