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H.R. 7337: Access for Veterans to Records Act

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H.R. 7337: Access for Veterans to Records Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-31 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-31 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 356 (2022): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR7337 (2022-07-14), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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

Access for Veterans to Records Act

Plain summary

Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022 This bill directs the Office of the Archivist of the United States to submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for reducing the backlog of requests for records from, and improving the efficiency and responsiveness of operations at, the National Personnel Records Center. Such plan must include an estimate of the number of backlogged record requests for veterans; target time frames to reduce the backlog; a detailed plan for using existing funds to improve technology infrastructure, including secure access to appropriate agency federal records, to prevent future backlogs; actions to improve customer service for requesters; measurable goals with respect to the comprehensive plan and metrics for tracking progress toward such goals; and strategies to prevent future record request backlogs, including backlogs caused by an event that prevents employees of the center from reporting to work in person. The office must submit updates of such plan at specified intervals.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Access for Veterans to Records Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 21 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James Comer (R-KY), Mike Levin (D-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Shontel M. Brown (D-OH), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7337 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117