[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6078 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6078

To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs efficiently furnishes certain records in the custody 
                 of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2016

 Mr. Aguilar 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 ensure that the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs efficiently furnishes certain records in the custody 
                 of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``VA Accountability for Location of 
Records Act'' or the ``VALOR Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FURNISHING OF RECORDS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Section 5702 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary shall furnish each record described in 
paragraph (3) by not later than 14 days after the date on which the 
Secretary receives the request for such record.
    ``(2) If the Secretary is unable to furnish a record during the 14-
day period required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall inform the 
person requesting the record, by not later than 10 days after the 
beginning of such period, of--
            ``(A) the reason for the delay; and
            ``(B) the estimated date on which the Secretary will 
        furnish the record.
    ``(3) The records described in this paragraph are any of the 
following:
            ``(A) A record requested in an application made under 
        subsection (a).
            ``(B) A record not covered under subparagraph (A) that--
                    ``(i) relates to the military service or medical 
                records of a veteran; and
                    ``(ii) the Secretary is otherwise authorized to 
                furnish to the person requesting the record.''.
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