Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require a study on the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities, to provide for the treatment of claims under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the case of the death of a claimant, to require an annual report on the workload of the Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims, and for other purposes.

11/6/2007--Introduced.
Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract with the Institute of Medicine, or other appropriate entity, to conduct a study analyzing the extent to which the Department of Veterans Affairs schedule for rating disabilities accounts for or should be amended to account, measure, and compensate for loss of quality of life to veterans due to a disability resulting from a personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty. Provides that if a veteran who is a claimant dies before completing the submission of a claim for benefits, the person who would receive any accrued benefits due to such veteran shall be treated as the claimant for purposes of completing submission of the claim. Requires an annual report from the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court) to the congressional veterans' committees summarizing the Court's workload. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Court should be provided with appropriate office space, without undue disruption, inconvenience, or cost. Requires a report from the Administrator of General Services to the veterans' committees on the feasibility of leasing additional space for the Court, and using the entire building in which the Court is now housed as a Veterans Courthouse and Justice Center.

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Sponsor

• Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19]

Committees

• House Veterans' Affairs
• 1 more
  • House Veterans' Affairs
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Amendments to H.R.4084

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
November 06, 2007

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• Nov 08, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Nov 07, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
• Nov 06, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
• Introduced on Nov 06, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Veterans' disability compensation
• Veterans' benefits
• Survivors' benefits
• Quality of life
• 15 more
• Pensions
• Leases
• Law
• Governmental investigations
• Families
• Disabled
• Disability evaluation
• Courts of special jurisdiction
• Courthouses
• Court congestion and delay
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Congress
• Claims
• Appellate courts
• Veterans

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