[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3753. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. ___. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON RESPONSIVENESS OF DEPARTMENT 
                   OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES 
                   REGARDING PROCESSING AND DELIVERY OF BENEFITS.

       (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently 
     than once every three months thereafter until the date that 
     is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the timeliness of responses by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to inquiries by members of Congress 
     regarding the processing and delivery of benefits by the 
     Veterans Benefits Administration to members of the Armed 
     Forces and veterans.
       (b) Disaggregation.--Each report submitted under subsection 
     (a) shall disaggregate information, when appropriate, by 
     benefit and regional office.
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