[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2388 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2388

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the submission of 
     information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2011

Mr. Miller of Florida 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 improve the submission of 
     information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress.

    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 ``Access to Timely Information Act''.

SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 529 the following 
new section:
``Sec. 529A. Submission of certain information by the Secretary to 
              Congress
    ``(a) In General.--The submission of information by the Secretary 
to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives 
or the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate in response to a 
request for such information made by a covered member of the committee 
shall be deemed to be--
            ``(1) a covered disclosure under section 552a(b)(9) of 
        title 5; and
            ``(2) a permitted disclosure under regulations promulgated 
        under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and 
        Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), including a 
        permitted disclosure for oversight activities authorized by law 
        as described in section 164.512(d) of title 45, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
    ``(b) Submission to Chairman.--With respect to a request for 
information described in subsection (a) made by a covered member of the 
committee who is not the chairman, the Secretary shall also submit such 
information to the chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
the House of Representatives or the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate, as the case may be.
    ``(c) Covered Member of the Committee.--In this section, the term 
`covered member of the committee' means the following:
            ``(1) The chairman or ranking member of the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives or the 
        Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
            ``(2) A chairman or ranking member of a subcommittee of the 
        Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives 
        or the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
            ``(3) The designee of a chairman or ranking member 
        described in paragraph (1) or (2).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 529 the following new item:

``529A. Submission of certain information by the Secretary.''.
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