on which the claim is submitted with an accuracy rate of 
98 percent. 
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a sup-
plemental report to the Strategic Plan to Eliminate the 
Compensation Claims Backlog that includes the following: 
(1) Specific measures, procedures, and metrics 
to assess the implementation of the plan pursuant to 
subsection (a). 
(2) A detailed timeline to implement each initia-
tive contained in the Strategic Plan to Eliminate the 
Compensation Claims Backlog. 
SEC. 4. EXPEDITION OF TRANSFER OF CERTAIN RECORDS. 
(a) SSA RECORDS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with the Com-
missioner of the Social Security Administration to ensure 
that the Commissioner transfers to the Secretary disability 
or medical records of the Commissioner that the Secretary 
will use to evaluate a claim by not later than 30 days after 
the Secretary requests such records. 
(b) DOD RECORDS.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with the 
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Secretary of Defense to ensure that the Secretary of De-
fense transfers to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs med-
ical records of members or former members of the Armed 
Forces that the Secretary will use to evaluate a claim by 
not later than 30 days after the Secretary requests such 
records. 
(c) NATIONAL GUARD RECORDS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense 
shall jointly— 
(1) submit to Congress a plan to reduce to 30 
days the amount of time needed to provide members 
of the National Guard and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs with the medical records of such members, 
including by partnering with appropriate officials of 
Federal or State departments or agencies; and 
(2) implement such plan. 
SEC. 5. CLAIMS PROCESSORS TRAINING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish a training program to provide newly 
hired claims processors of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs with training for a period of not less than three 
years. In carrying out such program, the Secretary shall 
identify successful claims processors of the Department 
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who can assist in the training of newly hired claims proc-
essors. 
(b) ABILITY TO PROCESS CLAIMS.—The Secretary 
shall carry out the training program established under 
subsection (a) without increasing the amount of time in 
which claims are processed by the Department. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and each 90-day period 
thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs in implementing the Stra-
tegic Plan to Eliminate the Compensation Claims Backlog 
pursuant to section 3(a). 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Whether the Secretary is meeting the 
timeline of the Strategic Plan to Eliminate the Com-
pensation Claims Backlog. 
(2) An analysis of the implementation by the 
Secretary of such plan. 
(3) Administrative or regulatory recommenda-
tions of the Comptroller General with respect to im-
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proving the ability of the Secretary to carry out sec-
tion 3(a). 
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