# 116-hr-7926: Ensuring Veterans Access Act

116-hr-7926, Ensuring Veterans Access Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7926
- Congress: 116
- Title: Ensuring Veterans Access Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2020-08-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ensuring Veterans Access Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a secure, internet-based portal to enable a person or their representative to make records requests related to VA claims and benefits. Requests for records must specify in which format the copy is desired. The VA must notify a requester within 10 days that their request has been received and must fulfill the request within 120 days.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX), 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-6697: Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7308: RISE Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act
- 116-hr-7073: Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7926 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7926)

## Related
- [116-hr-6697: Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6697)
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-7308: RISE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7308)
- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-7092: Great American Outdoors Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7092)
- [116-hr-7073: Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7073)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7926 (as of 2025-11-18).