Sec. 222. Development of procedures to increase cooperation with National Guard Bureau
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall jointly develop and implement procedures, including requirements relating to timeliness, to improve the timely provision to the Secretary of such information in the possession of the Chief as the Secretary requires to process claims submitted to the Secretary for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary. Not later than one year after the implementation of the procedures under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Chief shall jointly submit to Congress a report describing— the requests for information relating to records of members of the National Guard made by the Secretary to the Chief pursuant to such procedures; and the timeliness of the responses of the Chief to such requests.