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kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 7643"
bill: "118-hr-7643"
heading: "Veterans Congressional Work Study Act of 2024"
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "rh"
to_label: "Reported in House"
sections_amended: 2
sections_added: 1
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/118/hr/7643/changes/rh"
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# H.R. 7643 — what changed

H.R. 7643, Veterans Congressional Work Study Act of 2024 — 2 sections amended and 1 added between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Edits are marked `<del>struck</del>` and `<ins>inserted</ins>`.

## Section 1 Short title

- This Act may be cited as the <del>“Veterans Congressional Work Study Act of 2024”.</del><ins>“Clear Communication for Veterans Claims Act”.</ins>

## Sec. 2 Independent assessment of notices that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs sends to claimants

- (a) <ins>Agreement—</ins> <ins>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to enter into an agreement with an FFRDC for an assessment of notices that the Secretary sends to claimants.</ins>
- <del>Section 3485(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</del>
- (b) <ins>Assessment—</ins> <del>in subparagraph (K), by inserting “or at </del><ins>An FFRDC that enters to an agreement under subsection (a) shall submit to </ins>the <del>offices of </del><ins>Secretary </ins>a <del>committee of the Senate or House of Representatives on behalf </del><ins>written assessment </ins>of such <del>committee” after “such Members”; and</del><ins>notices. The assessment shall include the following:</ins>
  - (1) <ins>The determination of the FFRDC, made in consultation with covered entities, whether each such notice may be feasibly altered to reduce paper consumption by, and costs to, the Federal Government.</ins>
  - (2) <ins>The recommendations of the FFRDC regarding how the Secretary may make such notices clearer to claimants, better organized, and more concise.</ins>
- (c) <ins>Report; implementation—</ins> <del>by adding at </del><ins>Not later than 90 days after </ins>the <del>end </del><ins>Secretary receives </ins>the <del>following new subparagraph:</del><ins>assessment under subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</ins>
  - (1) <ins>submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a copy of such assessment; and</ins>
  - (2) <ins>implement the recommendations in the assessment that are in compliance with the laws administered by the Secretary.</ins>
- (d) <ins>Deadline for implementation—</ins> <ins>The Secretary shall complete the implementation of such recommendations pursuant to subsection (c)(2) by not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary commences such implementation.</ins>
- (e) <ins>Definitions—</ins> <ins>In this section:</ins>
  - (1) <ins>The term “FFRDC” means a federally funded research and development center.</ins>
  - (2) <ins>The term “covered entities” includes—</ins>
    - (A) <ins>the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;</ins>
    - (B) <ins>an expert in laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;</ins>
    - (C) <ins>a veterans service organization recognized under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code; and</ins>
    - (D) <ins>an entity that advocates for veterans.</ins>
  - (3) <ins>The terms “claimant” and “notice” have the meanings given such terms in section 5100 of title 38, United States Code.</ins>
  - <del>“(L) Activities supporting casework, policy making, and oversight related to the activities of the Department carried out at the offices of a committee of the Senate or House of Representatives, the Congressional Research Service, the Government Accountability Office, or the Congressional Budget Office.”</del>

## Sec. 3 Modification of certain housing loan fees — added

- <ins>The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “November 15, 2031” each place it appears and inserting “November 29, 2031”.</ins>