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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5166 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain employees of 
Members of Congress and certain employees of State or local govern-
mental agencies with access to case-tracking information of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2016 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. 
NUGENT, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. POE
of Texas, Mr. 
ROTHFUS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HECK of 
Nevada, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. HARPER, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. 
WILLIAMS, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. RUPPERS-
BERGER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BRAT, Mr. ROONEY of Flor-
ida, and Mr. RANGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide certain 
employees of Members of Congress and certain employees 
of State or local governmental agencies with access to 
case-tracking information of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
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. Provision of access to case-tracking informa-
tion 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Beginning not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and in 
accordance with subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide 
an accredited, permanent Congressional employee with 
read-only remote access to the electronic Veterans Bene-
fits Administration (VBA) claims records of the veteran 
they represent, regardless of whether such employee is act-
ing under a power of attorney executed by such veteran. 
‘‘(2) In providing an accredited, permanent Congres-
sional employee with access to the electronic VBA claims 
records system under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
ensure that such access is provided in a manner that does 
not allow such employee to modify the data contained in 
such system. 
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with issues regarding departments or agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
‘‘(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. Provision of access to case-tracking information.’’. 
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