,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gccg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ca1          
#bjbb,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new
 ,york 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4  
,connolly1 ,ms4 ,bush1 and ,mr4 ,cooper7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require the ,archivist of the ,united   
,states to submit a plan to ,congress to
 eliminate the records backlog at the   
,national ,personnel ,records ,center1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,access for ,veterans to ,records ,act4 
#b4 ,plan to eliminate records backlog  
at the ,national ,personnel ,records    
,center  7a7 ,plan required ,not later  
than #fj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,archivist  
of the ,united ,states shall submit to  
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
 of the ,house of ,representatives and  
the ,homeland ,security and             

,governmental ,affairs ,committee of the
 ,senate a plan for reducing the backlog
 of requests for records from the       
,national ,personnel ,records ,center   
that includes1 at a minimum1 the        
following3 7#a7 ,target timeframes to   
reduce the backlog4  7#b7 ,a detailed   
plan for improving the information      
technology infrastructure to prevent    
future backlogs4  7#c7 ,actions to      
improve customer service for requesters4
  7b7 ,authorization of appropriations  
,in addition to amounts otherwise       
available1 there is authorized to be    
appropriated to the ,national ,archives 
and ,records ,administration1           
#fj1jjj1jjj to address backlogs in      
responding to requests from veterans for
 military personnel records1 improve    
cybersecurity1 improve digital          
preservation and access to archival     
,federal records1 and address backlogs  
in requests made under section #eeb of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code         
7commonly referred to as the ,freedom of

 ,information ,act74 ,such amounts may  
also be used for the ,federal ,records  
,center ,program4