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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1068 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend title 5 and title 38, United States Code, to put veteran and military families first and to provide protecti... · Sec. 804

Sec. 804. Period for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to respond to questions submitted by members of certain congressional committees

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To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide— an answer to a question submitted for the record to the Department of Veterans Affairs by a member of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives, on or before the date that is 45 business days after the date on which the Department receives the question; an answer to a request for information submitted by a member of the staff of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives or a member of either committee, on or before the date that is 15 business days after the date on which the Department receives the request from the member of the staff or the member of the committee, as the case may be; and an answer to a letter sent by a member of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate or the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives, on or before the date that is 15 business days after the date on which the Department receives the letter.
If the Secretary anticipates being unable to provide an answer to a question, request for information, or letter described in subsection
(a)that was submitted to the Department by the date specified in such subsection, the Secretary shall, before such date, submit to the member and the relevant Committee a notice that the Secretary anticipates being unable to provide the answer by such date. Notice submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A justification for the inability of the Secretary to meet the deadline set forth in subsection (a). An estimate of when an answer will be provided by the Secretary to the question, request for information, or letter submitted. A description of the steps the Secretary needs to take in order to provide the response, including steps required to obtain any information required of another Federal agency.
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