,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjba,mr4 
,mrvan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 
,bost1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 and ,mr4  
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to submit to ,congress periodic
 reports on the costs of the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs ,electronic      
,health ,record ,modernization program4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,va ,electronic ,health ,record
 ,transparency ,act of #bjba4  #b4      
,reports on costs of ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs ,electronic ,health  
,record ,modernization program  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
and every #ij days thereafter until the 
termination date specified in subsection
 7b71 the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs shall submit to the ,committees

 on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate  
and ,house of ,representatives a report 
on the costs of the ,electronic ,health 
,record ,modernization program of the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4 ,each
 such report shall include1 for the     
period covered by the report and for the
 total period beginning on the date of  
the enactment of this ,act and ending on
 the date of the submittal of the       
report1 a description of all actual     
expenses driven by such program1        
including-- 7#a7 any funds expended from
 the budget of the ,veterans ,health    
,administration1 the ,office of         
,information and ,technology1 or any    
other program2  7#b7 direct and indirect
 funds2  7#c7 any amount expended on an 
infrastructure project necessitated or  
expedited by the ,electronic ,health    
,record ,modernization program that the 
,secretary determines would have been   
obligated or expended even in the       
absence of such program2 and  7#d7 any  
expenditure associated with consultants 

that are not included in the ,electronic
 ,health ,record ,modernization program 
contract4  7b7 ,termination date ,the   
requirement to submit a report under    
subsection 7a7 shall terminate on the   
date that is #ahj days after the date on
 which the ,secretary submits to the    
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and ,house of               
,representatives certification that the 
,electronic ,health ,record             
,modernization program has been fully   
implemented4