Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
Latest action · Jul 18, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 31, 2022
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records from, and improving the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at, the National Personnel Records Center.
Such plan must include
- an estimate of the number of backlogged record requests for veterans;
- target time frames to reduce the backlog;
- a detailed plan for using existing funds to improve technology infrastructure, including secure access to appropriate agency federal records, to prevent future backlogs;
- actions to improve customer service for requesters;
- measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals; and
- strategies to prevent future record request backlogs, including backlogs caused by an event that prevents employees of the center from reporting to work in person.
The office must submit updates of such plan at specified intervals.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 356 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed406–21 | Jul 14, 2022 |
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2022 to Jul 11, 2022; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Mar 31, 2022 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Mar 31, 2022 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Mar 31, 2022 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Mar 31, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Apr 5, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 21, 2022 | |
| R-NM | Yvette Herrell | Apr 21, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Fred Keller | May 24, 2022 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | May 24, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | May 24, 2022 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Jul 7, 2022 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Jul 11, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 31, 2022Markup Apr 6, 2022 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 18, 2022 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 14, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6609-6610)
- Jul 14, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 21 (Roll no. 356). (text: 07/12/2022 CR H5951)
- Jul 14, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 12, 2022Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Recorded votes H6609enactLists H6610Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 7337, Access for Veterans to Records Act | — | Jul 14, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5951, H5952Text printed H5951 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Fred Keller R-PA, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA | Jul 12, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 57, March 31, 2022, page H4074.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47212 | Modernizing Access to Military Service Records: Frequently Asked Questions | Report | Aug 8, 2022 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4816 | Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022 | Related bill | Dec 15, 2022 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Archivist of the United States to submit a plan to Congress to eliminate the records backlog at the National Personnel Records Center, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Access for Veterans to Records Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Freedom of information
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Libraries and archives
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Performance measurement
- Personnel records
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 18, 2022Referred in Senate
- Jul 14, 2022Engrossed in House
- Mar 31, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
