,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,ruiz 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,mrs4 
,negrete ,mc,leod1 ,mr4 ,takano1 and    
,mr4 ,cook7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs to submit to      
,congress quarterly reports on the      
timeliness in which the ,department of  
,veterans ,affairs receives certain     
information from other departments or   
agencies of the ,united ,states4  #a4   
,quarterly reports to ,congress  7a7 ,in
 general ,chapter #gg of title #ch1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #ggce4 ,quarterly reports to  
,congress  7a7 ,reports ,not later than 
#cj days after the end of each fiscal   
quarter1 the ,secretary shall submit to 

,congress a report on covered requests4 
7b7 ,matters included ,each report under
 subsection 7a7 shall include--  7#a7   
the number of covered requests made     
during the fiscal quarter covered by the
 report2 and  7#b7 the average response 
time for such covered requests made     
during each month of such fiscal        
quarter1 as determined based on the     
period beginning on the date on which   
the ,secretary made the request and     
ending on the date on which the         
,secretary determines that the request  
is completed4  7c7 ,covered request     
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered request means a request by the  
,secretary to the head of another       
department or agency of the ,united     
,states for information required by the 
,secretary in adjudicating a claim for  
disability compensation under chapter   
#aa of this title4  4  7b7 ,clerical    
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding after the item relating to       

section #ggcd the following new item3   
#ggce4 ,quarterly reports to ,congress4 
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