I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8048 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2024 Mr. McGarvey (for himself, Mr. Edwards , Mr. Morelle , and Ms. Tenney ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine the eligibility or entitlement of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (a) to a benefit under a law administered by the Secretary solely based on alternative sources of evidence when the military service records or medical treatment records of the member or former member are incomplete because of damage or loss of records after being in the possession of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.