To protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The section does not override the Privacy Act
The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: Chief Veterans Experience OfficerHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Chief Veterans Experience Officer to disclose any record in contravention of section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred to as the `Privacy Act of 1974').”
The inserted section is not to be read as authorizing the Chief Veterans Experience Officer to disclose a record contrary to section 552a of title 5, United States Code. That statute is not indexed here, so the site does not say what it permits or forbids.
What the document actually says
“Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the Chief Veterans Experience Officer to disclose any record in contravention of section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred to as the `Privacy Act of 1974').”
That sentence, in plain words
The new leader cannot give out records the Privacy Act protects. Nothing here changes that.
What this is about
The Privacy Act is a law from 1974. This site does not index it. This part only says the new section does not push it aside.
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Protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Public Law 119-33, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 485 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ33/html/PLAW-119publ33.htm
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“The section does not override the Privacy Act,” Protect regular order for budgeting for the Department of Veterans Affairs, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-33/proposal/sec02-privacy-act-untouched/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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