3.0.0 7926 2023-01-11T13:45:30Z 2023-01-11T13:45:30Z House HR 2020-08-04 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COX of California:H.R. 7926.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Consitution[Page H4219]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2020-10-06T21:28:32Z Referred to 2020-08-04T15:01:05Z 2020-10-06 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Committee 2020-08-04 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-08-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-08-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001124 Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] TJ Cox D CA 21 N R000614 Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] Chip Roy R TX 21 2020-08-04 True C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16] Jim Costa D CA 16 2020-09-17 False S001204 Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] Michael San Nicolas D GU F. Q. 0 2020-09-30 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability assistance Government information and archives Health information and medical records Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Personnel records Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-08-04 Introduced in House 2020-08-26T15:50:13Z Ensuring Veterans Access Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a secure, internet-based portal to enable a person or their representative to make records requests related to VA claims and benefits. Requests for records must specify in which format the copy is desired. The VA must notify a requester within 10 days that their request has been received and must fulfill the request within 120 days.

]]> Ensuring Veterans Access Act Display Title Ensuring Veterans Access Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ensuring Veterans Access Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow for the electronic request of certain records, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7926ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7926ih.xml 2020-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 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.