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Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act

H.R. 2303 · 119th Congress · Mar 24, 2025 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and enhance the pay of Board of Veterans’ Appeals attorneys for recruitment and retention and to increase the decision quality and claims processing speed of the Board, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act”.

Sec. 2 Board of veterans’ appeals attorney career enhancement

Section 7101A(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by inserting “(1)” before “Members”; and
(2)
by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) An individual employed by the Board as a non-supervisory attorney may be promoted to grade GS–15 of the General Schedule.”