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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="733" measure-id="id113hr733" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-02-14" update-date="2013-03-11">
<title>Access to Veterans Benefits Improvement Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr733v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-03-11">
<action-date>2013-02-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Access to Veterans Benefits Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide veterans' case-tracking information access to employees of a Member of Congress or of a state or local governmental agency assisting veterans with benefit claims. Directs the Secretary to ensure that such access does not: (1) allow the employee to modify the data in the case-tracking system, and (2) include access to medical records. Requires such employees to complete a certification course on privacy issues before receiving such access.</p>]]></summary-text>
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