,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ebd #aahth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #fhgd
 ,report ,no4 #aah-fbf ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,december #ai1 #bjbc,mr4 ,rosendale 7for
 himself and ,mr4 ,williams of ,texas7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,august #i1        
#bjbd;,additional sponsor3 ,ms4 ,mace   
,august #i1 #bjbd,reported with an      
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,december #ai1 #bjbc  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to implement a system or       
process to actively monitor the veteran 
self-service and data transmission      
functions of the main internet website  
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs

 for certain adverse events1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,department of 
,veterans ,affairs ,watching over       
,electronic ,benefits ,act or the ,,va  
,,web ,act4  #b4 ,system or process to  
actively monitor certain functions of   
the covered website for adverse events  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than one year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs shall develop and implement a  
system or process to actively monitor   
certain functions of the covered        
website1 including covered features and 
any underlying interface or system1 for 
adverse events4 ,the ,secretary may use 
the authority under section #gja7;a7 of 
the ,sergeant ,first ,class ,heath      
,robinson ,honoring our ,promise to     
,address ,comprehensive ,toxics ,act of 
#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-afh2 #ch       
,u4,s4,c4 #cbd note7 to carry out this  
subsection4  7b7 ,system or process     
requirements ,the ,secretary shall      

ensure that the system or process       
developed under subsection 7a7 is       
designed to monitor1 and log and store  
data1 with respect to-- 7#a7 the volume 
of traffic to the covered website2  7#b7
 the number of submissions made using a 
covered feature2  7#c7 software updates 
or other modifications to a covered     
feature or underlying interface or      
system2  7#d7 needs1 deficiencies1 or   
obsolescence of a covered feature or    
underlying interface or system2  7#e7   
adverse events1 including-- 7,a7 the    
date and time of any such adverse event2
  7,b7 the number of users of the       
covered website who were affected by the
 adverse event2  7,c7 the number of     
submissions affected by the adverse     
event2 and  7,d7 any factor related to  
an underlying interface or system that  
caused or contributed to the adverse    
event2 and  7#f7 any other factors1 as  
determined by the ,secretary4  7c7      
,notice and report regarding certain    
adverse events  7#a7 ,notice ,in the    

case of any significant adverse event   
affecting the covered website1 not later
 than #cj days after the date of such   
event1 the ,secretary shall submit to   
the ,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs  
of the ,senate and ,house of            
,representatives notice of the event1   
including a description of the event4   
7#b7 ,report ,not later than #cj days   
after receiving a request from the      
,chair of the ,committee on ,veterans'  
,affairs of the ,senate or the ,chair of
 the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  
of the ,house of ,representatives for a 
report about an adverse event1 including
 a significant adverse event1 the       
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives a report on the adverse
 event covered by the request4 ,each    
such report shall include-- 7,a7 a      
description of the adverse event2  7,b7 
the date and time when the adverse event
 began and ended2  7,c7 the number of   

users of the covered website who were   
affected2  7,d7 the number of           
submissions made using a covered feature
 that were affected2 and  7,e7 a        
description of any underlying interface 
or system that was affected4  7#c7      
,sunset ,the requirements under this    
subsection shall expire on the date that
 is seven years after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act4  7d7 ,report    
regarding exercise of certain authority 
,if the ,secretary exercises authority  
under section #gja7;a7 of the ,sergeant 
,first ,class ,heath ,robinson ,honoring
 our ,promise to ,address ,comprehensive
 ,toxics ,act of #bjbb 7,public ,law    
#aag-afh2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #cbd note7 to   
carry out subsection 7a71 not later than
 #cj days after the date on which the   
,secretary first exercises such         
authority for such purpose1 the         
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,committees on 

,appropriations of the ,senate and the  
,house of ,representatives a report     
about the exercise of such authority4   
,such report shall include-- 7#a7 the   
cost of implementing the system or      
process developed under subsection 7a72 
7#b7 a description of any modernization 
or replacement of an underlying         
interface or system necessary to        
implement the system or process2  7#c7  
an identification of any ways in which  
the covered website and any underlying  
interface or system is susceptible to   
any adverse event2 and  7#d7 a          
description of how the ,secretary plans 
to eliminate or mitigate1 to the extent 
possible1 any such susceptibility4  7e7 
,testing strategy ,not later than one   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,assistant ,secretary for
 ,information and ,technology of the    
,department of ,veterans ,affairs shall 
submit to the ,committees on ,veterans' 
,affairs of the ,senate and the ,house  
of ,representatives a strategy to reduce

 the occurrence of adverse events by    
improving testing for each modification 
or software update to a covered feature 
or underlying system or interface4  7f7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term adverse event means1 with respect 
to the covered website1 including       
covered features-- 7,a7 a failure to    
properly receive or process a           
submission2  7,b7 a system outage2  7,c7
 an error in an underlying interface or 
system that prevents the transmission of
 data2  7,d7 a deficiency in information
 storage capacity2  7,e7 a loss of data2
  7,f7 a presentation of incorrect      
information2  7,g7 an error regarding a 
status notification2 or  7,h7 any       
similar event that affects a function of
 the covered website1 as determined by  
the ,secretary4  7#b7 ,the term covered 
feature means any feature or function of
 the covered website for use in the     
facilitation of the application1        
maintenance1 or receipt of benefits     
under the laws administered by the      

,secretary4  7#c7 ,the term covered     
website means the main internet website 
of the ,department of ,veterans         
,affairs4  7#d7 ,the term significant   
adverse event1 with respect to the      
covered website1 including covered      
features1 means an adverse event that   
affects users of1 or submissions to1 the
 covered website for a period of #bd    
hours or longer4  7#e7 ,the term        
underlying interface or system means--  
7,a7 any information technology system  
that transmits data through1 or accepts 
data from1 a covered feature2 or  7,b7  
any mechanism through which any such    
information technology system connects  
and interacts with the covered website4 
#c4 ,adjustment of certain loan fees    
,the loan fee table in section          
#cgbi7;b77#b7 of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
,november #ae1 #bjca each place it      
appears and inserting ,november #bh1    
#bjca4  ,august #i1 #bjbd,reported with 
an amendment1 committed to the          

,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed