Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Accountability for Location of Records Act” or the “VALOR Act”.
VA Accountability for Location of Records Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs efficiently furnishes certain records in the custody of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Sec. 2 Improvements to the furnishing of records in the custody of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Section 5702 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(c)
“(1) The Secretary shall furnish each record described in paragraph (3) by not later than 14 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the request for such record.
“(2) If the Secretary is unable to furnish a record during the 14-day period required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall inform the person requesting the record, by not later than 10 days after the beginning of such period, of—
“(A) the reason for the delay; and
“(B) the estimated date on which the Secretary will furnish the record.
“(3) The records described in this paragraph are any of the following:
“(A) A record requested in an application made under subsection (a).
“(B) A record not covered under subparagraph (A) that—
“(i) relates to the military service or medical records of a veteran; and
“(ii) the Secretary is otherwise authorized to furnish to the person requesting the record.”