Pappas, Van Orden Introduce Bill to Ensure Timely Equitable Relief to Veterans for VA Administrative Errors
Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03), members of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced the Expedited Equitable Relief Act, which will require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accelerate the delivery of equitable relief for veterans, their dependents, and beneficiaries to no later than 120 days after an administrative error is identified.
“Veterans and their families should never face prolonged financial stress from administrative errors at VA,” said Congressman Pappas. “I’m pleased to introduce this bipartisan legislation with Congressman Van Orden to reform VA’s processes for providing quick relief to those wrongly penalized. By ensuring that family members and spouses are made whole in a timely and fair fashion by VA, we continue to honor and pay tribute to those who have sacrificed for our country.”
“We have a duty to take care of our veterans,” said Congressman Van Orden. “The last thing they should be worried about is unexpected or incorrect issuances of thousands of dollars of debt. The Expedited Equitable Relief Act will ensure that no one else will be held accountable for VA’s errors besides VA and that they must rectify those mistakes in a timely manner.”
To read the full bill text, click here.