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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 572 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide answers to questions 

submitted for the record to the Secretary by members of the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ 

Affairs of the House of Representatives within 45 business days, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 

Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. 

TUBERVILLE) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide answers to questions submitted for the record to the Secretary by members of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

of the House of Representatives within 45 business days, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Access to 

5 Department of Veterans Affairs Information Necessary 


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1 for Oversight Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘Ensuring Access to 

2 VA INFO Act of 2023’’. 

3 SEC. 2. PERIOD FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

4 TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED BY 

5 MEMBERS OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL 

6 COMMITTEES. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—To the maximum extent prac8 ticable, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide an 

9 answer to a question submitted for the record to the Sec10 retary by a member of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

11 of the Senate or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

12 the House of Representatives on or before the date that 

13 is 45 business days after the date on which the Secretary 

14 receives the question. 

15 (b) DELAYED RESPONSES.— 

16 (1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—If the Secretary an17 ticipates being unable to provide an answer to a 

18 question described in subsection (a) that was sub19 mitted to the Secretary by a member described in 

20 such subsection by the date specified in such sub21 section, the Secretary shall, before such date, submit 

22 to the member notice that the Secretary anticipates 

23 being unable to provide the answer by such date. 

24 (2) CONTENTS.—Notice submitted under para25 graph (1) shall include the following: 


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1 (A) A justification for the inability of the 

2 Secretary to meet the deadline set forth in sub3 section (a). 

4 (B) An estimate of when an answer will be 

5 provided by the Secretary to the question sub6 mitted. 

7 (C) A description of the steps the Sec8 retary needs to take in order to provide the an9 swer to the question submitted. 

10 (c) ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER AGENCIES.—In any 

11 case in which the Secretary determines that the Secretary 

12 requires the assistance of the head of another Federal 

13 agency in order to provide an answer to a question de14 scribed in subsection (a) by the date specified in such sub15 section and the Secretary requests such assistance from 

16 such head of another Federal agency, such head of an17 other Federal agency shall provide the assistance re18 quested in a timely manner. 

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