I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2388 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the submission of 
information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to Congress. 
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 ‘‘Access to Timely Infor-
mation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY THE 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 529 the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 529A. Submission of certain information by the 
Secretary to Congress 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The submission of information 
by the Secretary to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs of the Senate in response to a request for 
such information made by a covered member of the com-
mittee shall be deemed to be— 
‘‘(1) 
a 
covered 
disclosure 
under 
section 
552a(b)(9) of title 5; and 
‘‘(2) a permitted disclosure under regulations 
promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health In-
surance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–191), including a permitted disclo-
sure for oversight activities authorized by law as de-
scribed in section 164.512(d) of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(b) SUBMISSION TO CHAIRMAN.—With respect to a 
request for information described in subsection (a) made 
by a covered member of the committee who is not the 
chairman, the Secretary shall also submit such informa-
tion to the chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate, as the case may be. 
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‘‘(c) COVERED MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.—In 
this section, the term ‘covered member of the committee’ 
means the following: 
‘‘(1) The chairman or ranking member of the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of 
Representatives or the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) A chairman or ranking member of a sub-
committee of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) The designee of a chairman or ranking 
member described in paragraph (1) or (2).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 529 the following 
new item: 
‘‘529A. Submission of certain information by the Secretary.’’. 
Æ 
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