1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Every Veteran Counts Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for providing a variety of benefits and services to more than 19,000,000 living veterans. (2) Pursuant to section 527 of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has conducted the National Survey of Veterans to assess the needs and sentiments of a statistically valid sample of all veterans. (3) The Secretary has conducted this National Survey of Veterans in the late 1970s, 1987, 1993, 2001, and 2010. (4) The last survey conducted in 2010 included veterans and other beneficiary groups, such as members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, military spouses, and surviving spouses of such veterans and members. (5) The 2010 survey included information on demographics, awareness and utilization of benefits, health status, military service, and employment. (6) These surveys provide valuable information on the veteran population to the Secretary, Congress, Federal, State, and local governments, academic institutions, and various non-governmental organizations that serve veterans. (7) This information is used to inform policymaking efforts and to ensure the needs of the ever-changing veteran population are met. (8) However, since 2010, the statutory framework for data collection has substantially evolved, notably with the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act ( Public Law 115–435 ), the Data Act ( Public Law 113–139 ), and the Geospatial Data Act (subtitle F of title VII of Public Law 115–254 ), known collectively as the Evidence Act , building on previously enacted laws. (9) Further, the Department, through the National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics, has leveraged the vast amount of data generated within the Department and collected by other Federal partners to improve population-based descriptive, statistical, and predictive analytic