3.0.0 2163 2022-12-31T05:26:42Z 2022-12-31T05:26:42Z Senate S 2021-06-22 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-22T17:24:28Z VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021 117 2726 HR 2021-06-16 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2021-06-22 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2021-06-22 True Armed Forces and National Security Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Freedom of information Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-23T14:01:03Z VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a plan for reducing its backlog of requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

The VA must request that the Office of Government Information Services of the National Archives and Records Administration conduct an assessment of the VA's compliance with FOIA.

Finally, the VA must submit an annual report on its FOIA compliance efforts and make such reports available on its website.

]]> VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a plan to reduce the backlog of requests for information made to the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced VA FOIA Reform Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2163is/xml/BILLS-117s2163is.xml 2021-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.