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HR 1134 114th Congress House

Access to Timely Information Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress.

Introduced: February 26, 2015 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversightGovernment information and archivesHealth information and medical recordsVeterans' medical care
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Mar 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Feb 26, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 26, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Access to Timely Information Act

Deems the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of either the House of Representatives or the Senate in response to a request by the chairman or ranking member (or designee) of such Committees or of a subcommittee such Committees to be: (1) a covered disclosure of certain records maintained on individuals submitted without the written request or prior written consent of the individual to whom the record pertains; and (2) a permitted disclosure under regulations promulgated under specified provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, including certain authorized oversight activities.

Directs the Secretary, when responding to a request for information by such a member other than a chairman, to also submit such information to the relevant House or Senate Committee chairman.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1134: Access to Timely Information Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1134/
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"H.R. 1134: Access to Timely Information Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1134/.
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H.R. 1134, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1134/.
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