,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjai,mr4 ,yoho 7for himself1 ,ms4      
,gabbard1 ,mr4 ,bergman1 ,mr4 ,biggs1   
,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of 
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4    
,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 
,de,saulnier1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1 ,mr4      
,duncan1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,harris1    
,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,higgins of
 ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,jones1  
,mr4 ,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,king of     
,iowa1 ,mr4 ,kinzinger1 ,mr4 ,larsen of 
,washington1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick        
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,marino1   
,mr4 ,massie1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 ,mr4       
,meadows1 ,mr4 ,mooney of ,west         
,virginia1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,perry1  
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 ,mr4    
,ratcliffe1 ,mr4 ,rice of ,south        
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,rooney of ,florida1    
,mr4 ,smith of ,missouri1 ,ms4          
,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of            

,california1 ,mr4 ,thompson of          
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,tipton1 ,mr4       
,walker1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,byrne1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4
 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of         
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,emmer1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1  
,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4 ,mitchell1 ,miss    
,rice of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1  
,mr4 ,sablan1 ,mr4 ,barr1 ,mr4 ,bucshon1
 ,mr4 ,flores1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4       
,lawson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mrs4 
,luria1 ,mr4 ,waltz1 and ,mr4 ,griffith7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
permit veterans to grant access to their
 records in the databases of the        
,veterans ,benefits ,administration to  
certain designated congressional        
employees1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,working to ,integrate ,networks    
,guaranteeing ,member ,access ,now ,act 
or the ,,wingman ,act4  #b4 ,provision  

of access to case-tracking information  
7a7 ,in general ,chapter #ei of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #eijf4 ,access of certain     
congressional employees to veteran      
records  7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,the     
,secretary shall provide to each veteran
 who submits a claim for benefits under 
the laws administered by the ,secretary 
an opportunity to permit a covered      
congressional employee employed in the  
office of the ,member of ,congress      
representing the district where the     
veteran resides to have access to all of
 the records of the veteran in the      
databases of the ,veterans ,benefits    
,administration4  7#b7 ,notwithstanding 
any other provision of law1 upon receipt
 of permission from the veteran under   
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall    
provide read-only access to such records
 to such a covered congressional        
employee in a manner that does not allow
 such employee to modify the data       

contained in such records or in any part
 of a database of the ,veterans         
,benefits ,administration4  7#c7 ,a     
,member of ,congress may designate not  
more than two employees of the ,member  
as covered congressional employees4  7b7
 ,covered congressional employees  7#a7 
,in this section1 a covered             
congressional employee is a permanent1  
full-time employee of a ,member of      
,congress--  7,a7 whose responsibilities
 include assisting the constituents of  
the ,member with issues regarding       
departments or agencies of the ,federal 
,government2  7,b7 who satisfies the    
criteria required by the ,secretary for 
recognition as an agent or attorney     
under this chapter2 and  7,c7 who is    
designated by a ,member of ,congress as 
a covered congressional employee for    
purposes of this section4  7#b7 ,the    
,secretary may not impose any           
requirement other than the requirements 
under paragraph 7#a7 before treating an 
employee as a covered congressional     

employee for purposes of this section4  
7c7 ,nonrecognition ,a covered          
congressional employee may not be       
recognized as an agent or attorney under
 this chapter4  7d7 ,limitation on use  
of funds ,none of the amounts made      
available to carry out this section may 
be used to design1 develop1 or          
administer any training for purposes of 
providing training to covered           
congressional employees4  7e7 ,no       
authorization of appropriations ,no     
additional funds are authorized to be   
appropriated to carry out this section4 
,this section may only be carried out   
using amounts otherwise authorized to be
 appropriated1 of which1 during the     
period of fiscal years #bjai through    
#bjbb1 not more than #aj1jjj1jjj may be 
obligated or expended for such purpose4 
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,the term database of the ,veterans     
,benefits ,administration means any     
database of the ,veterans ,benefits     
,administration in which the records of 

veterans relating to claims for benefits
 under the laws administered by the     
,secretary are retained1 including      
information regarding medical records1  
compensation and pension exams records1 
rating decisions1 statements of the     
case1 supplementary statements of the   
case1 notices of disagreement1 ,form-#i1
 and any successor form4  7#b7 ,the term
 ,member of ,congress means a           
,representative1 a ,senator1 a ,delegate
 to ,congress1 or the ,resident         
,commissioner of ,puerto ,rico4  4  7b7 
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item3  #eijf4 ,access 
of certain congressional employees to   
veteran records4  4