H.R. 5166: Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-05-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-05-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act

Plain summary

Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act or the WINGMAN Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide to each veteran who submits a claim for veterans' benefits an opportunity to permit a designated congressional employee in the office of the Member of Congress representing the district where the veteran resides to have read-only access to all of such veteran's records in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) databases. . Such congressional employee may not be recognized as an agent or attorney. None of the amounts made available to carry out this bill may be used to design, develop, or administer training to such employees.

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Official text

Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] · 136 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Babin (R-TX), Mike Thompson (D-CA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Roger Williams (R-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Andy Harris (R-MD), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and 76 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5166.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5166 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114