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S 877 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Health information and medical records Medical research Military personnel and dependents Research administration and funding Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care

Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013

Introduced: May 7, 2013 See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2013
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203.
May 7, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 7, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available on a publicly-available Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website: (1) data files that contain information on VA research, (2) a data dictionary on each data file, and (3) instructions on how to obtain access to each data file for use in research.

Directs the Secretary, within 540 days after enactment of this Act, to require, as a condition on the use of any data gathered or formulated from research funded by the VA, that any final, peer-reviewed manuscript prepared for publication that uses such data be submitted to the Secretary for deposit in a digital archive (established by the Secretary under this Act). Requires such archive to be publicly available.

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive to submit to the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) options and recommendations for establishing a program of long-term cooperation and data-sharing between and within the VA and DOD to facilitate research on outcomes of military service, readjustment after combat deployment, and other topics of importance to veterans, members of the Armed Forces (members), their families, and members of communities that have a significant population of veterans or members.

What's happening now May 9, 2013

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • S 944 Related bill Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2013
  • S 1950 Related bill Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
  • S 1982 Related bill Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
  • S 2413 Related bill Restoring Veterans Trust Act of 2014
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jun 27, 2013
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 8, 2013
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