I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4147 
To direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
and the Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Economic Op-
portunity to submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a report regarding the information tech-
nology of the Department that is used in administering the educational 
benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2014 
Mr. TAKANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Under Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity to submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a report regarding the 
information technology of the Department that is used 
in administering the educational benefits administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Student Veterans IT 
Upgrade Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
EDUCATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) REPORT.—The Chief Information Officer of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the 
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity, shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives a report on the in-
formation technology system of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs that is used in connection with the adminis-
tration of educational benefits under laws administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The report shall include 
the following: 
(1) The status, as of the date of the report, of 
such system. 
(2) The plan with respect to such system that 
was submitted to Congress prior to the date of the 
report. 
(3) An action plan describing how the Chief In-
formation Officer and the Deputy Under Secretary 
for Economic Opportunity intend to finalize such 
system. 
(4) The anticipated cost of upgrading such sys-
tem. 
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(b) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—The Chief Information Of-
ficer and the Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Op-
portunity shall update the committees specified in sub-
section (a) at least annually on any progress made in up-
grading the information technology system of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs that is used in connection with 
the administration of educational benefits under laws ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
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