VA DATA Access Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2828 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2828 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restrict the access and use of veterans' data by the US DOGE Service and special Government employees, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025 Mr. Conaway (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restrict the access and use of veterans' data by the US DOGE Service and special Government employees, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``VA DATA Access Transparency and Accountability Act of 2025'' or the ``VA DATA Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS OF DOGE SERVICE TO PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT VETERANS. (a) Restriction on Access.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not provide to the Administrator of the United States DOGE Service (commonly referred to as the ``Department of Government Efficiency'' or ``DOGE'') access to any veteran's data in the possession of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Restriction on Use of Information.--No special Government employee may access or exfiltrate any veteran's data in the possession of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of using such data-- (1) for commercial gain; or (2) for any reason other than a governmental purpose authorized by the Secretary. (c) Termination of Access.--If any special Government employee acquires access to any system of the Department of Veterans Affairs that contains any veteran's data, the Secretary