---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 118"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "118"
heading: "Submission of reports to Congress in electronic form"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/118"
units:
  - "Part I — General Provisions"
  - "Chapter 1 — General"
---

# §118. Submission of reports to Congress in electronic form

- (a) **In General.—** Whenever the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) or any other official of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) is required by law to submit to Congress (or any committee of either chamber of Congress) a report, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) or other official shall submit to Congress (or such committee) a copy of the report in an electronic format.
- (b) **Treatment.—** The submission of a copy of a report in accordance with this section shall be treated as meeting any requirement of law to submit such report to Congress (or any committee of either chamber of Congress).
- (c) **Report Defined.—** For purposes of this section, the term “report” includes any certification, notification, or other communication in writing.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–163, title X, § 1003(a), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1182.)