To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

“7735. Quarterly reports to Congress

“(a) Reports—Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on covered requests.

“(b) Matters included—Each report under subsection (a) shall include—

“(1) the number of covered requests made during the fiscal quarter covered by the report; and

“(2) the average response time for such covered requests made during each month of such fiscal quarter, as determined based on the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary made the request and ending on the date on which the Secretary determines that the request is completed.

“(c) Covered request defined—In this section, the term covered request means a request by the Secretary to the head of another department or agency of the United States for information required by the Secretary in adjudicating a claim for disability compensation under chapter 11 of this title.”