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H.R. 4613: VA Reporting Transparency Act

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H.R. 4613: VA Reporting Transparency Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-04 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

VA Reporting Transparency Act

Plain summary

VA Reporting Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a website that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all legislatively requested reports required to be submitted after the date of the enactment of this bill. Information, records, and reports that are exempt from public disclosure are not required to be included on the website. If Congress exempts a report from publication, the VA must publish on the website the title of the report and notice that Congress exempted the report from publication. The VA must submit a report to Congress recommending which recurring legislatively requested reports should be discontinued.

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Official text

VA Reporting Transparency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4613, VA Reporting Transparency Act (2019-10-28)

Cosponsors on this site

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)

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Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4613 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116