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H.R. 1471 119th Congress House

VA Appeals Reform Act of 2025

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes by which a veteran may appeal decisions affecting the provision of benefits under the laws admi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes by which a veteran may appeal decisions affecting the provision of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 21, 2025 Introduced by: Josh Gottheimer Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remediesComputers and information technologyEmployment and training programsFederal appellate courts
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Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 21, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1471: VA Appeals Reform Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1471/
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"H.R. 1471: VA Appeals Reform Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1471/.
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H.R. 1471, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1471/.
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[H.R. 1471: VA Appeals Reform Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1471/)
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