WINGMAN Act
- Last Action
- 1/30/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-30Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-01-30Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-30 (00)
Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees.
A covered congressional employee may not be recognized as an agent or attorney with respect to veterans' benefit claims.
Funds under this bill may not be used to design or administer any training for covered congressional employees.
The bill makes funds available for FY2018 through FY2021 for such congressional employee access program.
Cosponsors (13)
- Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- David Perdue (R-GA)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Rand Paul (R-KY)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Subjects
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional officers and employees
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government information and archives
- Members of Congress
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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