[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6431 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6431

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress reports in electronic form.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2008

  Mr. Buyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
   Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress reports in electronic form.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Electronic Reporting Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS IN ELECTRONIC FORM.

    (a) Submission of Reports.--Chapter 1 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 117. Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form
    ``(a) Requirement.--Whenever the Secretary or any other official of 
the Department is required by law to submit to Congress (or any 
committee of either House of Congress) a report, the Secretary or other 
official shall submit to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the 
report in an electronic format.
    ``(b) Treatment.--The submission of a copy of a report in 
accordance with this section shall be treated as meeting any 
requirement of law to submit such report to Congress (or any committee 
of either House of Congress).
    ``(c) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term 
`report' includes any certification, notification, or other 
communication in writing.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``117. Reports to Congress: submission in electronic form.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Section 117 of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to a report 
submitted after the date that is 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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