I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 512 
To title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant access to 
their records in the databases of the Veterans Benefits Administration 
to certain designated congressional employees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2017 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 
DELANEY, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. FLORES, 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 
HARRIS, Mr. HILL, Mr. JONES, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. MAST, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. 
NOLAN, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. 
CROWLEY, 
Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, 
Mr. 
BACON, 
Mrs. 
COMSTOCK, 
Mr. 
KINZINGER, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. EMMER, Mr. REED, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. HIMES, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. BISHOP 
of Utah, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SAM 
JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, 
Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 
SABLAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
ALLEN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. COLE, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BERA, Mr. CUM-
MINGS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. LEE, 
Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of 
Florida, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. BYRNE, Mr. BARR, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. POE of Texas, 
Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mrs. LOVE, 
Mr. MARINO, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MESSER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. 
ROKITA, Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. ROYCE of California, 
Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BRAT, Mr. CRIST, 
Mr. FASO, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 
PERRY, Mr. COOK, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. OLSON, Mr. DUN-
CAN of Tennessee, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Mr. PETERS, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DONO-
VAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. DUNN, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, 
Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. 
HURD, Mr. LANCE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
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NEWHOUSE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. FERGUSON, 
Mr. COMER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. BOST, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. 
DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. VALADAO, 
Mrs. MCMORRIS
RODGERS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SEAN PAT-
RICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. ISSA, Ms. JUDY CHU 
of California, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. DESANTIS, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To title 38, United States Code, to permit veterans to grant 
access to their records in the databases of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration to certain designated congres-
sional 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, 
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 
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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. 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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; 
‘‘(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-
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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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No additional funds are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
or the amendments made by this section. This sec-
tion and such amendments may only be carried out 
using amounts otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated. 
(2) AMOUNTS
OTHERWISE
AVAILABLE.—For 
the period of fiscal years 2018 through 2021, not 
more than $10,000,000 may be made available to 
carry out section 5906 of title 38, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a). 
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