Sec. 212. Inclusion in annual budget submission of information on capacity of Veterans Benefits Administration to process benefits claims
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Along with the supporting information included in the budget submitted to Congress by the President pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President shall include information on the capacity of the Veterans Benefits Administration to process claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, including information described in subsection (b), during the fiscal year covered by the budget with which the information is submitted.
The information described in this subsection is the following: An estimate of the average number of claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary, excluding such claims completed during mandatory overtime, that a single full-time equivalent employee of the Administration can process in a year, based on the following: A time and motion study that the Secretary shall conduct on the processing of such claims. Such other information relating to such claims as the Secretary considers appropriate.
A description of the actions the Secretary will take to improve the processing of such claims. An assessment of the actions identified by the Secretary under paragraph
(2)in the previous year and an identification of the effects of those actions. This section shall apply with respect to any budget submitted as described in subsection
(a)with respect to any fiscal year after fiscal year 2017.