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H.R. 3710: Reopening to address Every COmplete Record request for Devoted Servicemembers Act of 2021

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H.R. 3710: Reopening to address Every COmplete Record request for Devoted Servicemembers Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-04 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2898)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2898) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Reopening to address Every COmplete Record request for Devoted Servicemembers Act of 2021

Plain summary

Reopening to address Every COmplete Record request for Devoted Servicemembers Act of 2021 or the RECORDS Act of 2021 This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to take specified steps to address record request backlogs. Specifically, the office must take actions to ensure that (1) the number of individuals employed by the National Personnel Records Center is equal to or exceeds the number of such individuals employed on March 2, 2020, and (2) the percentage of such individuals regularly reporting to work in person is equal to or exceeds the percentage of such individuals regularly reporting to work in person on that date. The office shall submit to specified congressional committees a report that provides a comprehensive plan to address the record request backlog of the National Personnel Records Center and improve the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at the center, identifies measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals, and describes strategies to prevent future record request backlogs.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Reopening to address Every COmplete Record request for Devoted Servicemembers Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12] · 75 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Scott Perry (R-PA), James Comer (R-KY), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Barry Moore (R-AL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Michael Guest (R-MS), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Mike Bost (R-IL), John Joyce (R-PA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Ted Budd (R-NC), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), James R. Baird (R-IN), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Roger Williams (R-TX), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and 15 more.

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr3710 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117