3.0.0 877 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z Senate S S 2013-05-07 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2013-05-09T19:08:28Z Referred to 2013-05-07T19:26:03Z Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2013 113 944 S 2013-12-09 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258. Related bill CRS Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 113 1950 S 2014-02-04 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736) Related bill CRS Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 113 1982 S 2014-02-27 Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment (SA 2767) fell when the bill was committed in Senate. (consideration: CR S1209-1210) Related bill CRS Restoring Veterans Trust Act of 2014 113 2413 S 2014-06-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2013-05-09 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203. Committee 2013-05-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2013-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2013-05-08 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2013-06-27 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2014-12-10 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Health information and medical records Medical research Military personnel and dependents Research administration and funding Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-01T21:52:42Z Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available on a publicly-available Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website: (1) data files that contain information on VA research, (2) a data dictionary on each data file, and (3) instructions on how to obtain access to each data file for use in research.

Directs the Secretary, within 540 days after enactment of this Act, to require, as a condition on the use of any data gathered or formulated from research funded by the VA, that any final, peer-reviewed manuscript prepared for publication that uses such data be submitted to the Secretary for deposit in a digital archive (established by the Secretary under this Act). Requires such archive to be publicly available.

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive to submit to the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) options and recommendations for establishing a program of long-term cooperation and data-sharing between and within the VA and DOD to facilitate research on outcomes of military service, readjustment after combat deployment, and other topics of importance to veterans, members of the Armed Forces (members), their families, and members of communities that have a significant population of veterans or members.

]]> Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 Display Title Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow public access to research of the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s877is/xml/BILLS-113s877is.xml 2013-05-09 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.