Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6961) to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve hearings before the Board of Veterans' Appeals regarding claims involving military sexual trauma, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6961 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING ON CLAIMS INVOLVING MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. (a) Requirement.--Section 7102 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(c)(1) The Secretary shall ensure that there is offered to each member of the Board an annual training on military sexual trauma and proceedings that concern a claim for compensation based on military sexual trauma experienced by a veteran. ``(2) A proceeding that concerns a claim specified in paragraph (1) may not be assigned to an individual member of the Board or to a panel of members unless the individual member, or each member of the panel, as the case may be, has completed the annual training most recently offered to that member pursuant to such paragraph. ``(3) In this subsection, the term `military sexual trauma' has the meaning given that term in section 1166(c) of this title.''.…”