WHAT THE LAW DOINCongress, in plain words

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38 U.S.C. 5104B: Higher-level review by the agency of original jurisdiction

Created in 2017 by the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-55). Changed by 1 later law. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 38 U.S.C. 5103A, 38 U.S.C. 5104C, 38 U.S.C. 5109B, 38 U.S.C. 5110, 38 U.S.C. 7105.

This Congress

  • H.R. 9237 Take Care of America’s Veterans Act · introduced · would change (f)

How it got here

2022

  • Pub. L. 117–168 substituted "to the claimant (and any representative of such claimant)" for "in writing" in introductory provisions. (Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022" or the "Honoring our PACT Act of 2022) Law text · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.