"This authorized $60 million for the National Archives & Records Admin to address the records backlog and improve response times for requests...”
Texas Insider Report: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and 17 additional Senate colleagues, sent a bipartisan letter to the United States National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) seeking answers on the backlog of veterans’ service record requests. Veterans often require their military service records to access critical government benefits and services, so ensuring requests are completed expeditiously is crucial for veterans to receive their hard-earned benefits.
In the letter, the senators called on NARA to address its use of funds provided by Congress to address the backlog, writing:
“We write to express our concern regarding reports of ongoing delays in constituents receiving their military service records from the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC). As part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263), Congress passed the Access for Veterans to Records Act.
"This authorized $60 million for the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) to address the records backlog and improve response times for requests from Veterans for their military service records.”
"This authorized $60 million for the National Archives & Records Administration (NARA) to address the records backlog and improve response times for requests from Veterans for their military service records.”
- Read the full text of the letter here.
- Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
- John Boozman (R-Wyo.)
- Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
- Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
- John Cornyn (R-Texas)
- Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
- Ben Ray Lujan (R-N.M.)
- Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
- Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
- Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
- Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
- Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
- Jon Tester (D-Mont.)
- John Thune (R-S.D.)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and
- Todd Young (R-Ind.)
