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Ensuring Veterans Access Act

Introduced: August 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 6, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Aug 4, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 4, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Veterans Access Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a secure, internet-based portal to enable a person or their representative to make records requests related to VA claims and benefits. Requests for records must specify in which format the copy is desired. The VA must notify a requester within 10 days that their request has been received and must fulfill the request within 120 days.

What's happening now October 6, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 17, 2020
 R
Roy, Chip
Texas · Aug 4, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7926: Ensuring Veterans Access Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7926/
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"H.R. 7926: Ensuring Veterans Access Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7926/.
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H.R. 7926, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7926/.
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