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HR 5801 109th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Congressional reporting requirements Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government statistics Governmental investigations Law Veterans' disability compensation

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to correct and prevent variances in disability compensation payments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: July 13, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jul 25, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jul 13, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 13, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take steps to reduce variances in the adjudication and awarding of veterans' disability compensation benefits, including developing and implementing a comprehensive and systematic method for collecting data on such variances.

Requires the Secretary to conduct an analysis of any available data concerning such variances.

What's happening now July 25, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 13, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5801: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to correct and prevent variances in disability compensation payments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5801/
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"H.R. 5801: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to correct and prevent variances in disability compensation payments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5801/.
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H.R. 5801, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5801/.
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[H.R. 5801: To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to correct and prevent variances in disability compensation payments made by the Department of Veterans Affairs.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5801/)
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