IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 512 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans 
to grant access to their records in the databases of 
the Veterans Benefits Administration to certain des-
ignated congressional employees, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Working to Integrate 
Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act’’ or the 
‘‘WINGMAN Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ACCESS TO CASE-TRACKING INFOR-
MATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 59 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 5906. Access of certain congressional employees to 
veteran records 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary shall provide 
to each veteran who submits a claim for benefits under 
the laws administered by the Secretary an opportunity to 
permit a covered congressional employee employed in the 
office of the Member of Congress representing the district 
where the veteran resides to have access to all of the 
records of the veteran in the databases of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
upon receipt of the permission from the veteran under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide read-only ac-
cess to such records to such a covered congressional em-
ployee in a manner that does not allow such employee to 
modify the data contained in such records or in any part 
of a database of the Veterans Benefits Administration. 
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‘‘(3) A Member of Congress may designate not more 
than two employees of the Member as covered congres-
sional employees. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may not im-
pose any requirement other than the requirements speci-
fied under subsection (e)(1) before treating an employee 
as a covered congressional employee for purposes of this 
section. 
‘‘(c) NONRECOGNITION.—A covered congressional 
employee may not be recognized as an agent or attorney 
under this chapter. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the 
amounts made available to carry out this section may be 
used to design, develop, or administer any training for 
purposes of providing training to covered congressional 
employees. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered congressional employee’ 
means a permanent, full-time employee of a Member 
of Congress— 
‘‘(A) whose responsibilities include assist-
ing the constituents of the Member with issues 
regarding departments or agencies of the Fed-
eral Government; 
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‘‘(B) who satisfies the criteria required by 
the Secretary for recognition as an agent or at-
torney under this chapter; and 
‘‘(C) who is designated by the Member of 
Congress as a covered congressional employee 
for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘database of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration’ means any database of the Vet-
erans Benefits Administration in which the records 
of veterans relating to claims for benefits under the 
laws administered by the Secretary are retained, in-
cluding information regarding medical records, com-
pensation and pension exams records, rating deci-
sions, statements of the case, supplementary state-
ments of the case, notices of disagreement, Form– 
9, and any successor form. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Member of Congress’ means a 
Representative, a Senator, a Delegate to Congress, 
or the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘5906. Access of certain congressional employees to veteran records.’’. 
(c) NO AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—No 
additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this section or the amendments made by this 
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section. This section and such amendments may only be 
carried out using amounts otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated, of which, during the period of fiscal years 
2018 through 2021, not more than $10,000,000 may be 
obligated or expended for such purpose. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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