,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,conaway 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 
and ,ms4 ,houlahan7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs to restrict the      
access and use of veterans' data by the 
,,us ,,doge ,service and special        
,government employees1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,va ,,data ,access 
,transparency and ,accountability ,act  
of #bjbe or the ,,va ,,data ,act of     
#bjbe4  #b4 ,restrictions on access of  
,,doge ,service to personal information 
about veterans  7a7 ,restriction on     
access ,the ,secretary of ,veterans     
,affairs may not provide to the         
,administrator of the ,united ,states   
,,doge ,service 7commonly referred to as
 the ,department of ,government         
,efficiency or ,,doge7 access to any    

veteran's data in the possession of the 
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  7b7 
,restriction on use of information ,no  
special ,government employee may access 
or exfiltrate any veteran's data in the 
possession of the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs for the purpose of   
using such data-- 7#a7 for commercial   
gain2 or  7#b7 for any reason other than
 a governmental purpose authorized by   
the ,secretary4  7c7 ,termination of    
access ,if any special ,government      
employee acquires access to any system  
of the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs
 that contains any veteran's data1 the  
,secretary shall ensure that upon the   
termination of the period of service of 
the special ,government employee1 such  
employee-- 7#a7 returns all such data to
 the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs2 
and  7#b7 does not retain a copy of any 
such data4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,the term special         
,government employee has the meaning    
given such term in section #bjb7;a7 of  

title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,the term veteran's data mean data      
relating to an individual veteran1      
including personal health information1  
personal identifying information1 and   
financial information4  7#c7 ,the term  
personal health information means1 with 
respect to a veteran1 any information1  
whether oral or recorded in any form or 
medium1 that is related to-- 7,a7 the   
health of the veteran1 including past1  
present1 or future health2  7,b7 the    
medical treatment of the veteran1       
including past1 present or future such  
treatment2 or  7,c7 any payment made or 
charged to a veteran related to the     
health or medical treatment of the      
veteran1 including any past1 present or 
future such payment4  7#d7 ,the term    
personal identifying information means1 
with respect to a veteran1 any          
information1 whether oral or recorded in
 any form or medium1 that can be used to
 uncover the identity of the veteran1   
including-- 7,a7 the name1 signature1 or

 initials of the veteran2  7,b7 the     
social security number of the veteran2  
7,c7 the drivers license number or      
passport number of the veteran2  7,d7   
the home or mailing address of the      
veteran2  7,e7 the date of birth of the 
veteran2  7,f7 any medical record of the
 veteran2  7,g7 any financial account or
 credit card number of the veteran2 and 
7,h7 any biometric records4