S 4816
117th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Freedom of information
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives
National Archives and Records Administration
Performance measurement
Personnel records
Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
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5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.
Dec 15, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 117-265.
Sep 28, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Sep 12, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sep 12, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for eliminating the backlog of requests for records from, and improving the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at, the National Personnel Records Center.
Such plan must include
- the number and percentage of unresolved veteran record requests that have been pending for more than 20 days, 90 days, and one year;
- target time frames to eliminate the backlog;
- a detailed plan for using existing funds to improve technology infrastructure, including secure access to appropriate agency federal records, to prevent future backlogs;
- actions to improve customer service for requesters;
- measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals; and
- strategies to prevent future record request backlogs, including backlogs caused by an event that prevents employees of the center from reporting to work in person.
The office must submit updates of such plan at specified intervals.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.
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