S. 4816: Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-09-12 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-09-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 656. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022

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 eliminating 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 the number and percentage of unresolved veteran record requests that have been pending for more than 20 days, 90 days, and one year; target time frames to eliminate 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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Official text

Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 4816, Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022 (2022-11-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Mike Rounds (R-SD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Dan Sullivan (R-AK)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] reported raising $115.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4816.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s4816 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117