To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely equitable relief to an individual who suffers a loss based on an administrative error by the Secretary, and for other purposes.

House Votes

This bill makes the Department of Veterans Affairs move faster to fix its own mistakes. If the VA decides it caused a loss for someone because of an administrative error, it must provide relief within 120 days. It also requires the VA to quickly stop and cancel any debt collection efforts if it later finds the debt was created by a VA error.

Key points

• Who is affected: Veterans and others dealing with VA benefits who were harmed by a VA mistake.
• What changes: The VA must give relief within 120 days after it decides an error occurred, and it must promptly cancel debt collection if the debt was set up by mistake.
• Why it matters: People won’t have to wait as long for help, and they won’t be chased for debts the VA created in error.