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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 947
110TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 110-449
VETERANS' BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. AKAKA, from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS
[To accompany S. 3023]
The Committee on Veterans' Affairs (the Committee), to which
was referred the bill (S. 3023), to amend title 38, United States
Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe reg-
ulations relating to the notice to be provided claimants with the
Department of Veterans' Affairs regarding the substantiation of
claims, having considered the same, unanimously reports favorably
thereon with an amendment, and an amendment to the title, and
recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
INTRODUCTION
On May 15, 2008, Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka intro-
duced S. 3023, the proposed Veterans' Notice Clarification Act of
2008. S. 3023 would amend title 38, United States Code, to im-
prove notices provided to veterans applying for disability com-
pensation, and for other purposes. The bill was referred to the
Committee.
Earlier on January 4, 2007, Senator Thune introduced S. 161,
the proposed Veterans' Disability Compensation Automatic COLA
Act. Later, Senators Snowe and Tester were added as cosponsors.
S. 161 would require that, whenever there is an increase in benefit
amounts payable under title II (Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance Benefits) of the Social Security Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall increase by the same percentage
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