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HR 3781 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Defense Fires Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Military personnel and dependents Missouri Personnel records Veterans' organizations and recognition

Veterans' Record Reconstruction Act

Introduced: September 14, 2017 Introduced by: Carbajal, Salud O. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Oct 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Sep 14, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Sep 14, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 14, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop guidelines regarding the use by the military departments and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of unofficial sources of information, including eyewitness statements, to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage from the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or any subsequent incident while the records were in DOD's possession.

DOD shall prepare the guidelines in consultation with the VA with respect to veterans benefits whose eligibility determinations depend on the use of service records maintained by DOD.

What's happening now October 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Oct 19, 2018
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Oct 19, 2018
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Aug 10, 2018
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Sep 14, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3781: Veterans' Record Reconstruction Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3781/
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"H.R. 3781: Veterans' Record Reconstruction Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3781/.
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H.R. 3781, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3781/.
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