,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dadg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #d1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,takano introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,chief ,information ,officer 
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 and the ,deputy ,under ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs for ,economic        
,opportunity to submit to the           
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and ,house of               
,representatives a report regarding the 
information technology of the           
,department that is used in             
administering the educational benefits  
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,student ,veterans  
,,it ,upgrade ,act4  #b4 ,report on     
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
education information technology  7a7   
,report ,the ,chief ,information        

,officer of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs1 in coordination with the     
,deputy ,under ,secretary for ,economic 
,opportunity1 shall submit to the       
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives a report on the        
information technology system of the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs that  
is used in connection with the          
administration of educational benefits  
under laws administered by the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4 ,the  
report shall include the following3     
7#a7 ,the status1 as of the date of the 
report1 of such system4  7#b7 ,the plan 
with respect to such system that was    
submitted to ,congress prior to the date
 of the report4  7#c7 ,an action plan   
describing how the ,chief ,information  
,officer and the ,deputy ,under         
,secretary for ,economic ,opportunity   
intend to finalize such system4  7#d7   
,the anticipated cost of upgrading such 
system4  7b7 ,annual briefing ,the      

,chief ,information ,officer and the    
,deputy ,under ,secretary for ,economic 
,opportunity shall update the committees
 specified in subsection 7a7 at least   
annually on any progress made in        
upgrading the information technology    
system of the ,department of ,veterans  
,affairs that is used in connection with
 the administration of educational      
benefits under laws administered by the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4