[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2303 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2303 To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and enhance the pay of Board of Veterans' Appeals attorneys for recruitment and retention and to increase the decision quality and claims processing speed of the Board, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2025 Mr. McGarvey (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to reform and enhance the pay of Board of Veterans' Appeals attorneys for recruitment and retention and to increase the decision quality and claims processing speed of the Board, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Board of Veterans' Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act''. SEC. 2. BOARD OF VETERANS' APPEALS ATTORNEY CAREER ENHANCEMENT. Section 7101A(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Members''; and (2) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: ``(2) An individual employed by the Board as a non-supervisory attorney may be promoted to grade GS-15 of the General Schedule.''. <all>