US Congress Senate Bill 242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide each veteran who submits a claim for VA benefits with an opportunity to permit a covered congressional employee in the office of the veteran's Member of Congress to have read-only access to all of the veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration databases. A Member may designate up to two such covered congressional employees. A covered congressional employee may not be recognized as an agent or attorney with respect to veterans' benefit claims. Funds under this bill may not be used to design or administer any training for covered congressional employees. The bill makes funds available for FY2018 through FY2021 for such congressional employee access program.

WINGMAN Act Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]
Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]
Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]
Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB512 (Same As) 2017-02-14 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/242/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s242/BILLS-115s242is.pdf