Us Congress House Bill HB3225 Introduced / Bill

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118THCONGRESS 
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STSESSION H. R. 3225 
To improve the management and performance of the capital asset programs 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs so as to better serve veterans, 
their families, caregivers, and survivors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY11, 2023 
Mr. D
ELUZIO(for himself and Mr. MRVAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To improve the management and performance of the capital 
asset programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
so as to better serve veterans, their families, caregivers, 
and survivors, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn, and Deliver for Veterans 5
Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023’’. 6
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
this Act is as follows: 8
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 101. Improving capital asset staffing of Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 102. Development of performance metrics of capital asset management by 
Department of Veterans Affairs and monitoring for improve-
ment. 
Sec. 103. Expansion of membership of the Capital Asset Planning Committee. 
TITLE II—STRATEGIC PLAN AND REPORTS 
Sec. 201. Review of climate resilience of facilities, land, and other relevant cap-
ital assets of Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 202. Strategic plan to improve planning, management, budgeting, staffing, 
capacity, and performance of Department of Veterans Affairs 
capital asset activities. 
Sec. 203. Centralized management of capital asset disposal and reuse and an-
nual report on completion of disposal and reuse activities of 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 204. Report on options to improve minor construction program of Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 205. Report on improvements to alignment of information technology 
funding and activation of medical and other space of Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 206. Reports on key capital asset investments, activities, and performance 
of Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 207. Reports on projected need for funding for infrastructure and capital 
assets of Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 208. Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs reports on 
Department infrastructure projects. 
Sec. 209. Comptroller General reports on capital asset program management 
and execution by Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 210. Report on dental care physical infrastructure needs of Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 211. Report on long-term care physical infrastructure needs of Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 212. Report on feasibility and advisability of using a dedicated budget ac-
count for maintenance of capital assets of Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
Sec. 213. Report on women veterans retrofit initiative. 
Sec. 214. Report on capital asset and information technology needs of the re-
search and development program of Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
Sec. 215. Review and report on provisions of law relating to Department of 
Veterans Affairs capital asset management and oversight. 
Sec. 216. Improving prevention, detection, and reporting of waste, fraud, and 
abuse in Department of Veterans Affairs capital asset projects 
and activities. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
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In this Act: 2
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(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -1
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-2
gress’’ means— 3
(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 4
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 5
Senate; and 6
(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 7
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 8
House of Representatives. 9
(2) C
APITAL ASSET.—The term ‘‘capital asset’’ 10
means the physical infrastructure, land, buildings, 11
and other related items under the operation and con-12
trol of the Department of Veterans Affairs, includ-13
ing the information technology and other support 14
systems needed to ensure the physical space can be 15
used to deliver intended services and functions of the 16
Department. 17
TITLE I—CAPITAL ASSET 18
MANAGEMENT 19
SEC. 101. IMPROVING CAPITAL ASSET STAFFING OF DE-20
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21
(a) C
APITALASSETPERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-22
MENT.— 23
(1) R
EQUIREMENT FOR DEDICATED OFFICES 24
AND SUFFICIENT STAFF .—Not later than 540 days 25
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after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-1
retary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the De-2
partment of Veterans Affairs has dedicated offices 3
or entities and sufficient staff, including at each 4
medical center of the Department, to conduct rel-5
evant critical responsibilities for the life-cycle of cap-6
ital asset management at the local, regional, and 7
central office level. This may include ensuring such 8
mix as the Secretary considers appropriate of per-9
sonnel with duties from the following categories: 10
(A) Facility planning. 11
(B) Long-range capital planning. 12
(C) Management of projects and capital 13
assets relating to the execution of major con-14
struction projects, minor construction projects, 15
major leases, minor leases, nonrecurring main-16
tenance, and related matters at medical centers 17
and facilities of the Department in the sur-18
rounding catchment areas of the centers and fa-19
cilities. 20
(D) Property disposal or transfer, environ-21
mental remediation, and historic preservation. 22
(E) Engineering, including matters relat-23
ing to seismic repairs and projects. 24
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(F) Maintenance and repair of existing in-1
frastructure. 2
(G) The collection of views of veterans and 3
employees of the Department to understand the 4
capital assets needs of the Department. 5
(H) Other relevant functions relating to 6
the full life-cycle of capital asset management 7
of the Department as determined by the Sec-8
retary. 9
(2) T
ASKS.—To the greatest extent practicable, 10
the Secretary shall ensure that each of the cat-11
egories of duties under paragraph (1) are assigned 12
to a different individual or group of individuals so 13
as— 14
(A) to organize common work in a cohesive 15
manner; and 16
(B) not to overburden a small number of 17
individuals with such requirements. 18
(3) L
EAD OFFICIAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
retary shall— 21
(A) designate one individual as the lead 22
senior official responsible for integration and 23
coordination of, and accountability for, the eval-24
uation of the capital asset workforce needs of 25
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the Department, the staffing model established 1
under paragraph (4), and the ongoing imple-2
mentation and monitoring of actions to ensure 3
adequate capital asset staffing across the De-4
partment, including those at the field, regional, 5
and central offices of the Veterans Health Ad-6
ministration, the National Cemetery Adminis-7
tration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, 8
and the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and 9
Construction; and 10
(B) notify the appropriate committees of 11
Congress who has been designated under sub-12
paragraph (A). 13
(4) S
TAFFING MODEL.— 14
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 15
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 16
Secretary shall establish a staffing model for 17
the relevant administrations, staff offices, and 18
other elements of the Department to carry out 19
paragraph (1) that— 20
(i) ensures a minimum base level of 21
capital asset staffing; and 22
(ii) is adjusted based on the volume 23
and complexity of capital asset work of a 24
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particular facility, catchment area, region, 1
or central office responsibility. 2
(B) U
PDATE.—The Secretary shall update 3
the staffing model under subparagraph (A) reg-4
ularly to ensure it is effective in carrying out 5
paragraph (1). 6
(5) T
REATMENT OF STATES AND TERRITORIES 7
WITHOUT A MEDICAL CENTER .—In the case of a 8
State or territory of the United States in which the 9
Department does not operate a full-service medical 10
center, the Secretary shall, in carrying out para-11
graph (1), ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, 12
that the Department has a dedicated office or entity 13
and sufficient staff at the largest medical facility of 14
the Department in that State or territory, and any 15
reference in this section to a medical center shall be 16
deemed to be a reference to that medical facility. 17
(6) P
URPOSE AND INTENT .—The purpose of 18
this subsection is to ensure that field, regional, and 19
central offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs 20
have an appropriately sized and credentialed capital 21
asset workforce to allow for efficient and effective 22
execution of their relevant segment of capital asset 23
work. Nothing in this subsection is intended to man-24
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date a realignment of capital asset workforce roles, 1
responsibilities, and reporting structures. 2
(b) Q
UALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure 3
that appropriate professional certifications, educational 4
background, and other qualifications are in effect for indi-5
viduals employed in a position at a dedicated office or enti-6
ty required by subsection (a) to manage the duties under 7
the categories set forth under subsection (a)(1). 8
(c) D
UTIES OFDEDICATEDOFFICES ORENTITIES 9
ATMEDICALCENTERS.— 10
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The duties of a dedicated of-11
fice or entity required by subsection (a) at a medical 12
center of the Department may include such combina-13
tion of the following duties as the Secretary con-14
siders appropriate to achieve efficient and effective 15
capital asset management and performance as it 16
pertains to relevant activities at the field level: 17
(A) The development, monitoring, and im-18
plementation of capital asset objectives for the 19
catchment area surrounding the medical center, 20
including community-based outpatient clinics 21
and other sites of care of the Department in 22
that area. 23
(B) The coordination of capital asset man-24
agement and planning with counterparts at 25
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other medical centers of the Department in the 1
region and facility planners for the Veterans In-2
tegrated Service Network or Networks in the 3
region. 4
(C) Effective delivery of capital asset 5
projects. 6
(D) Maintenance and repair of infrastruc-7
ture. 8
(E) Capital asset disposal or transfer, envi-9
ronmental remediation, and historic preserva-10
tion. 11
(F) Regularly monitoring state-of-the-art 12
best practices in health care capital asset deliv-13
ery and management. 14
(G) Constantly monitoring the needs of 15
veterans and employees of the Department as it 16
relates to medical space and services at the 17
medical center and facilities in the catchment 18
area surrounding the medical center to forward 19
plan and identify and submit plans, through 20
processes of the Department, to meet those 21
needs, including by formulating local and re-22
gional capital improvement and asset manage-23
ment plans for medical facilities of the Depart-24
ment through the regular collection of— 25
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(i) views and expectations of veterans, 1
including as expressed by relevant local or 2
national veterans service organizations, in 3
that area who are eligible users of health 4
care and related services provided by the 5
Department with respect to— 6
(I) preferences and needs of 7
those veterans for the care received 8
from medical facilities of the Depart-9
ment in that area; and 10
(II) the need for improvements 11
and enhancements to infrastructure of 12
the Department; and 13
(ii) views of relevant medical staff of 14
the Department at the medical center and 15
facilities in that catchment area regarding 16
their preferences and needs for how to de-17
liver health care to veterans and how those 18
preferences impact the infrastructure 19
needs of the Department. 20
(H) Understanding the capital asset poli-21
cies, procedures, and directives of the Depart-22
ment, including those issued by the central of-23
fice of the Department, the Veterans Health 24
Administration, Veterans Integrated Service 25
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Networks, the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 1
and Construction, the Office of Asset Enter-2
prise Management, the Office of General Coun-3
sel, the Office of Information and Technology, 4
or any successor offices, and any other office of 5
the Department with significant responsibility 6
over capital asset management and planning. 7
(I) Implementing locally the policies, proce-8
dures, and directives described in subparagraph 9
(H). 10
(J) Providing feedback regarding ways in 11
which the policies, procedures and directives de-12
scribed in subparagraph (H) can be improved. 13
(K) Understanding the importance for col-14
laboration and coordination among all relevant 15
offices of the Department, including the Office 16
of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, the 17
Office of Asset Enterprise Management, the Of-18
fice of Information and Technology, or suc-19
cessor offices with similar functions, and other 20
internal stakeholders as required to achieve suc-21
cess in all phases of capital asset management. 22
(2) C
OLLECTION OF VIEWS AND EXPECTA -23
TIONS.— 24
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Views and expectations 1
may be collected under paragraph (1)(G) 2
through multiple channels and the process used 3
for such collection shall ensure that the views 4
and expectations collected provide a representa-5
tive sample of the population from which such 6
views and expectations are collected. 7
(B) C
ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information 8
collected under paragraph (1)(G) shall be col-9
lected in a manner that provides an option for 10
submission of views that are anonymous and 11
confidential. 12
(C) I
NCLUSION OF DIVERSE VIEW -13
POINTS.—In collecting views and expectations 14
of veterans and medical staff under paragraph 15
(1)(G), an office, entity, or relevant staff de-16
scribed in subsection (a) for a medical center of 17
the Department shall ensure that the viewpoints 18
of a diverse population of veterans being served 19
by the medical center and medical staff of the 20
medical center or in the catchment area of the 21
medical center are captured. 22
(D) C
OORDINATION WITH EXISTING EF -23
FORTS OF DEPARTMENT .—In carrying out 24
paragraph (1)(G) and this paragraph, the Sec-25
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retary shall use, as the Secretary considers ap-1
propriate, existing efforts and expertise of the 2
Department through the Veterans Health Ad-3
ministration, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 4
and Construction, the Office of Asset Enter-5
prise Management, and the Veterans Experi-6
ence Office. 7
(E) U
SAGE OF VIEWS AND EXPECTA -8
TIONS.—The views and expectations collected 9
under paragraph (1)(G) shall be used to inform 10
the offices, entities, or relevant staff described 11
in subsection (a)(1) and the broader leadership 12
of a medical center and Veterans Integrated 13
Service Networks of the Department to develop 14
plans for capital asset improvement. 15
(d) D
EVELOPMENT OF STANDARDPROCESSTOSO-16
LICITVIEWS ONEFFECTIVENESS.— 17
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 18
the Secretary shall develop a standardized process to 19
regularly solicit feedback from individuals and enti-20
ties described in paragraph (2) regarding the effec-21
tiveness of and ways to improve— 22
(A) the infrastructure and capital asset 23
management investment processes and proce-24
dures of the central office of the Department 25
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and Veterans Integrated Service Networks of 1
the Department; and 2
(B) the guidance of the central office and 3
Veterans Integrated Service Networks regard-4
ing such processes and procedures to the med-5
ical centers, facilities in the surrounding 6
catchment areas of those medical centers, and 7
Veterans Integrated Service Networks, as ap-8
propriate. 9
(2) I
NDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES DESCRIBED .— 10
The individuals and entities described in this para-11
graph are the following: 12
(A) Each office, entity, or relevant staff 13
described in subsection (a)(1) for a medical cen-14
ter of the Department. 15
(B) Medical staff of the Department at fa-16
cilities in the surrounding catchment area of 17
the medical center. 18
(C) Veterans Integrated Service Networks. 19
(D) Staff of offices within the central of-20
fice of the Department, including the Office of 21
Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, the 22
Office of Asset Enterprise Management, and 23
the Office of Information and Technology, or 24
successor offices with similar functions. 25
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(E) The Veterans Health Administration, 1
including its Office of Healthcare Environment 2
and Facilities Programs. 3
(F) Such other offices as the Secretary de-4
termines relevant. 5
(3) A
LIGNMENT WITH MARKET AREA ASSESS -6
MENTS.—To the degree practicable, the Secretary 7
shall align the process developed and standardized 8
under paragraph (1) with the performance of market 9
area assessments under section 7330C(a) of title 38, 10
United States Code. 11
(4) C
ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information col-12
lected under paragraph (1) shall be collected in a 13
manner that provides an option for submission of 14
views that are anonymous and confidential. 15
(e) U
SE OFREPORTFINDINGS.—The Secretary shall 16
use the results of the report required under section 202 17
in establishing the offices, entities, or organizational struc-18
tures required under subsection (a) and carrying out any 19
other requirements of this section. 20
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SEC. 102. DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS OF 1
CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT BY DEPART-2
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MONI-3
TORING FOR IMPROVEMENT. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 5
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-6
erans Affairs shall— 7
(1) develop meaningful and measurable goals 8
and metrics— 9
(A) to assess the performance of the cap-10
ital asset management programs of the Depart-11
ment of Veterans Affairs, including those car-12
ried out by a non-Department Federal entity 13
under section 8103(e)(1) of title 38, United 14
States Code, to allow the Secretary to make 15
sound decisions regarding construction, leasing, 16
acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of cap-17
ital assets; and 18
(B) that are in alignment with Department 19
strategic plans, budgets, and mission to serve 20
veterans, their families, and caregivers; 21
(2) develop an internal dashboard or other tool 22
to monitor progress towards meeting those goals; 23
(3) establish and implement internal governance 24
processes to direct necessary changes to improve 25
performance and achievement of those goals; and 26
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(4) submit to appropriate committees of Con-1
gress a report on the development of those goals and 2
metrics in paragraph (1) and the implementation of 3
the internal dashboard or other tool under para-4
graph (2) and the internal governance process under 5
paragraph (3). 6
(b) I
NTERNALDASHBOARD.—The Secretary shall en-7
sure that the internal dashboard developed under sub-8
section (a)(2) includes meaningful and relevant metrics 9
that— 10
(1) evaluate capital asset management perform-11
ance of the Department and provide relevant infor-12
mation to guide necessary improvements; and 13
(2) are developed consistent with recommenda-14
tions set forth by the Comptroller General of the 15
United States. 16
(c) C
ONSIDERATION OF PARTTWO OFSTRATEGIC 17
P
LAN TOIMPROVEVA’SDELIVERY ANDMANAGEMENT 18
OFCAPITALASSET.—In developing the internal dash-19
board under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall consider 20
the findings in part two of the Strategic Plan to Improve 21
VA’s Delivery and Management of Capital Asset required 22
under section 202(a)(4). 23
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SEC. 103. EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE CAPITAL 1
ASSET PLANNING COMMITTEE. 2
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-3
ment of this Act, in order to facilitate Federal health in-4
frastructure planning, coordination, and investment, the 5
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Sec-6
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall mod-7
ify the membership of the Capital Asset Planning Com-8
mittee established as a subordinate entity of the Depart-9
ment of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint 10
Executive Committee established under section 320 of title 11
38, United States Code, to include the following: 12
(1) Not fewer than one officer or employee of 13
the Indian Health Service. 14
(2) Not fewer than one officer or employee of 15
the Department of Health and Human Services who 16
is not an employee of the Indian Health Service. 17
TITLE II—STRATEGIC PLAN AND 18
REPORTS 19
SEC. 201. REVIEW OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF FACILITIES, 20
LAND, AND OTHER RELEVANT CAPITAL AS-21
SETS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-22
FAIRS. 23
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 24
shall conduct a comprehensive review of the climate resil-25
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ience of facilities, land, and other relevant capital assets 1
under the authority and jurisdiction of the Secretary. 2
(b) E
LEMENTS.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The review conducted under 4
subsection (a) shall— 5
(A) provide a comprehensive assessment of 6
existing facilities, land, and other relevant cap-7
ital assets that may be at risk due to changes 8
in the climate, including potential vulnerabilities 9
related to— 10
(i) proximity to a body of water; 11
(ii) proximity to an area prone to 12
flooding; 13
(iii) proximity to an area prone to 14
wild fire; 15
(iv) proximity to an area prone to tor-16
nadoes, hurricanes, or other storms; and 17
(v) such other matters as the Sec-18
retary considers appropriate after con-19
sulting with the United States Global 20
Change Research Program on the best 21
available observations and forward-looking 22
climate projections by region, including sea 23
level rise data; 24
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(B) include a description of strategies to 1
improve the climate resilience of existing facili-2
ties, land, and other relevant capital assets at 3
risk due to changes in the climate, including po-4
tential modifications to facility operations and 5
maintenance practices, and the cost of such 6
strategies; 7
(C) include an analysis of the current de-8
sign standards and building codes used by the 9
Department of Veterans Affairs to site, plan, 10
build, lease, renovate, and purchase land, facili-11
ties, infrastructure, and other capital assets of 12
the Department and whether those design 13
standards and building codes reflect both ob-14
served and forward-looking climate information; 15
(D) include an analysis of the effect of cli-16
mate change on energy usage, energy sources, 17
and utility systems of the Department and the 18
Department’s mitigation strategies; 19
(E) use, in consultation with the United 20
States Global Change Research Program, for-21
ward-looking climate information and other pro-22
jections to anticipate changing environmental 23
conditions during the design life of existing or 24
planned facilities, land, and other capital assets 25
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of the Department and make relevant decisions 1
and planning strategies based on this informa-2
tion; 3
(F) after consulting with the United States 4
Global Change Research Program and other 5
relevant Federal and non-Federal entities, in-6
clude recommendations for best practices, 7
standards, and solutions for future placement, 8
planning, renovation, leasing, purchase, con-9
struction, and disposal of facilities and land of 10
the Department so as to avoid or mitigate the 11
challenges resulting from placing a facility in 12
an area at risk of being vulnerable to harm 13
from the impacts of changing environmental 14
conditions; and 15
(G) assess how the Department can incor-16
porate climate resilience information into its 17
processes and procedures for capital asset in-18
vestment decisions. 19
(2) S
OURCES OF INFORMATION AND PROJEC -20
TIONS.—Sources of information and projections used 21
under paragraph (1)(E) may include the Bureau of 22
the Census (for population projections), the National 23
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 24
(for land use change projections and climate projec-25
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tions), the United States Geological Survey (for land 1
use change projections), the United States Global 2
Change Research Program and the National Climate 3
Assessment (for climate observations and projec-4
tions), and such other sources as the Secretary con-5
siders reliable in consultation with the United States 6
Global Change Research Program. 7
(c) R
EPORTS.— 8
(1) M
ISSION CRITICAL ASSETS.—Not later than 9
540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 10
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-11
mittees of Congress a report detailing the results of 12
the review conducted under subsection (a) with re-13
spect to mission critical capital assets of the Depart-14
ment and the actions the Secretary will take in re-15
sponse to the findings of such review. 16
(2) A
LL ASSETS.—Not later than one year after 17
the date on which the Secretary submits the report 18
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 19
the appropriate committees of Congress a report de-20
tailing the results of the review conducted under 21
subsection (a) with respect to all capital assets of 22
the Department and the actions the Secretary will 23
take in response to the findings of such review. 24
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(3) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 1
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall include, with respect to 2
the assets covered by the respective report, the fol-3
lowing: 4
(A) Recommendations for legislative and 5
administrative action to mitigate and respond 6
to the findings contained in the review con-7
ducted under subsection (a). 8
(B) A description of action taken or to be 9
taken by the Secretary to improve the climate 10
resilience of existing facilities, land, infrastruc-11
ture and other relevant capital assets under the 12
jurisdiction or control of the Department. 13
(C) A description of changes in policy, di-14
rectives, and procedures of the Department to 15
mitigate, plan for, and improve resilience of fu-16
ture constructed, leased, or other facilities, 17
land, infrastructure, and other relevant capital 18
assets under the jurisdiction or control of the 19
Department. 20
(D) A description of how the Department 21
will incorporate climate resilience information 22
into its processes and procedures for capital 23
asset investment decisions. 24
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(E) A description of changes the Depart-1
ment will make to ensure the facilities, land, in-2
frastructure, and other relevant capital assets 3
of the Department are available to furnish care 4
and services under section 1785 of title 38, 5
United States Code, during or following a dis-6
aster or emergency. 7
(F) The estimated cost to implement the 8
changes described in the report. 9
(G) The estimated timeline to implement 10
the changes described in the report. 11
(H) Such other matters, recommendations, 12
or requests as the Secretary considers appro-13
priate, including recommendations for relevant 14
legislative or administrative action. 15
(4) U
PDATES.— 16
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than five 17
years after the date on which the Secretary 18
submits the report under paragraph (2) and not 19
less frequently than once every five years there-20
after until the date that is 23 years after the 21
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22
shall submit to the appropriate committees of 23
Congress an update of the report submitted 24
under paragraph (2). 25
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(B) CONTENTS.—Each update submitted 1
under subparagraph (A) shall describe the ef-2
forts of the Department since the submittal of 3
the latest report or update, as the case may be, 4
relating to matters covered by the report and 5
such other matters as the Secretary considers 6
appropriate. 7
(d) C
LIMATERESILIENCEDEFINED.—In this sec-8
tion, the term ‘‘climate resilience’’ means— 9
(1) anticipating, preparing for, and adapting to 10
changing environmental conditions such as vari-11
ations in average weather conditions that persist 12
over multiple decades or longer that encompass in-13
creases and decreases in temperature, shifts in pre-14
cipitation, and changing risk of certain types of se-15
vere weather events; and 16
(2) the ability to withstand, respond to, and re-17
cover rapidly from disruptions while ensuring the 18
sustainment of mission-critical operations. 19
SEC. 202. STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPROVE PLANNING, MAN-20
AGEMENT, BUDGETING, STAFFING, CAPAC-21
ITY, AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT 22
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET AC-23
TIVITIES. 24
(a) I
NITIALSTRATEGICPLAN.— 25
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 1
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-2
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appro-3
priate committees of Congress a strategic plan to 4
improve the planning, management, budgeting, staff-5
ing, capacity, and performance by the Department 6
of Veterans Affairs relating to capital assets. Such 7
strategic plan shall be known as the ‘‘Strategic Plan 8
to Improve VA’s Delivery and Management of Cap-9
ital Assets’’ (in this subsection referred to as the 10
‘‘Plan’’). 11
(2) S
TRUCTURE.—The Plan shall consist of not 12
fewer than two parts as set forth in this subsection. 13
(3) P
ART ONE.— 14
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Part one of the Plan 15
shall focus on the human capital needs for the 16
capital asset and related areas workforce of the 17
Department (in this subsection referred to as 18
‘‘Part One’’). 19
(B) E
LEMENTS.—Part One shall include 20
the following: 21
(i) A description of the steps being 22
taken by the Department, including by the 23
lead official designated under section 24
101(a)(3), and the steps that the Depart-25
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ment plans to take during the 10-year pe-1
riod following the date of the Plan, includ-2
ing a specific timeline, to ensure sufficient 3
capital asset personnel at the local, re-4
gional, and central office levels of the De-5
partment are available and prepared— 6
(I) to execute the current level of 7
capital asset work, including mainte-8
nance, delivery of new facilities, dis-9
posal, and reuse; 10
(II) to handle future capital asset 11
work described in subclause (I) during 12
such 10-year period; and 13
(III) to perform any other capital 14
asset activities as identified by the 15
Secretary. 16
(ii) A plan that addresses the needed 17
capital asset workforce of the Department 18
by— 19
(I) identifying and describing the 20
staffing needs and status of such 21
workforce, including— 22
(aa) the number of currently 23
authorized positions; 24
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(bb) the number of filled po-1
sitions of those positions author-2
ized; 3
(cc) the number of unfilled 4
positions of those positions au-5
thorized, including reasons why 6
those positions are not filled and 7
steps the Department is taking 8
to fill those positions; 9
(dd) the number of current 10
positions needed above the level 11
currently authorized; and 12
(ee) future needs, including 13
expected growth or reduction of 14
personnel, during the 10-year pe-15
riod following the date of the 16
Plan; 17
(II) providing the data under 18
subclause (I) at the Departmental 19
level, disaggregated by relevant divi-20
sions of the Department and by— 21
(aa) data for the Veterans 22
Health Administration, broken 23
out by field, Veterans Integrated 24
Service Network, and central of-25
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fice, including the Office of 1
Healthcare Environment and Fa-2
cilities Programs; 3
(bb) data for the Office of 4
Acquisition, Logistics, and Con-5
struction, broken out by field, re-6
gion, and central office; 7
(cc) data for the National 8
Cemetery Administration, broken 9
out by field, region, and central 10
office; 11
(dd) data for the Veterans 12
Benefits Administration, broken 13
out by field, region, and central 14
office; 15
(ee) data for the Office of 16
Asset Enterprise Management; 17
(ff) data for the Office of 18
Information and Technology, bro-19
ken out by field, region, and cen-20
tral office; and 21
(gg) data for all other of-22
fices of the Department not cov-23
ered under items (aa) through 24
(ff) that have capital asset staff 25
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or significant capital asset re-1
sponsibilities or are key enablers 2
and support functions for capital 3
asset management at the field, 4
regional, or central office level; 5
and 6
(III) including an estimate of the 7
funding required to accomplish filling 8
the unfilled and future positions speci-9
fied under subclause (I) during the 10
10-year period following the date of 11
the Plan. 12
(iii) A description of the efforts taken 13
and planned to be taken by the Depart-14
ment to recruit, retain, and develop the ex-15
isting and future capital asset workforce of 16
the Department. 17
(iv) A description of any changes 18
needed to the qualifications, standards, po-19
sition descriptions and other related mat-20
ters to ensure the qualification standards 21
of the workforce, including those resulting 22
from implementation of section 101(b)— 23
(I) match the needs of the De-24
partment; and 25
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(II) align where appropriate with 1
relevant Federal Government and in-2
dustry standards and best practices. 3
(v) A description of how the Depart-4
ment will coordinate the capital asset 5
human capital efforts of the Department 6
across the Veterans Health Administra-7
tion, the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 8
and Construction, the National Cemetery 9
Administration, the Veterans Benefits Ad-10
ministration, the Office of Asset Enterprise 11
Management, or similar successor offices, 12
and other entities of the Department so as 13
to leverage collective efforts, reduce unnec-14
essary duplication, and identify opportuni-15
ties for collaboration and efficiency. 16
(vi) With respect to a Department- 17
wide succession plan for leadership and 18
mission-critical occupations in the capital 19
asset workforce of the Department— 20
(I) if such a plan is not already 21
developed, a timeline for the develop-22
ment of such a plan; and 23
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(II) if such a plan is already de-1
veloped, the current implementation 2
status of such plan. 3
(vii) An assessment of different re-4
gional challenges in rural, suburban, and 5
urban areas to recruit and retain the nec-6
essary capital asset workforce of the De-7
partment and steps to be taken by the De-8
partment in response to such challenges. 9
(viii) With respect to the report pub-10
lished by the National Academies of 11
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on 12
December 24, 2019, entitled ‘‘Facilities 13
Staffing Requirement for VHA-Resource 14
Planning and Methodology for the Fu-15
ture’’— 16
(I) a description of the rec-17
ommendations from the report that 18
have already implemented; 19
(II) a plan and timeline to imple-20
ment the recommendations from the 21
report that have not already been im-22
plemented and the Secretary plans to 23
implement; and 24
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(III) for each recommendation 1
from the report that has not already 2
been implemented and the Secretary 3
does not plan to implement, a descrip-4
tion of the recommendation and a jus-5
tification for the decision not to imple-6
ment the recommendation. 7
(ix) A description of how the Depart-8
ment will leverage, where appropriate and 9
relevant, contract support and partnerships 10
with other Federal agencies, nonprofit or-11
ganizations, and other entities to meet the 12
short-, medium-, and long-term human 13
capital needs for infrastructure to ensure 14
that the Department has the experience 15
and workforce needed to match the current 16
and future projected infrastructure work-17
load of the Department. 18
(x) A description of any improvements 19
to training or curriculum of the Depart-20
ment that are needed to enhance the edu-21
cation of the capital asset employees of the 22
Department to ensure they are as pro-23
ficient as possible in their jobs. 24
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(xi) A description of the status of the 1
implementation of the staffing model es-2
tablished under section 101(a)(4). 3
(xii) A description of such legislative 4
or administrative action as the Secretary 5
considers necessary to recruit, retain, and 6
develop a strong capital asset management 7
workforce. 8
(xiii) Such other matters as the Sec-9
retary considers necessary. 10
(C) S
TAFF COVERED BY STRATEGIC 11
PLAN.—Part One shall cover all relevant staff 12
required for the effective management of the 13
entire life-cycle of facilities, land, infrastruc-14
ture, and other relevant capital assets of the 15
Department, including the following: 16
(i) Individuals who keep facilities 17
clean, such as janitorial and housekeeping 18
staff and housekeeping aids. 19
(ii) Individuals who maintain facili-20
ties, such as through repairs and preventa-21
tive maintenance. 22
(iii) Groundskeepers. 23
(iv) Planners, engineers, and archi-24
tects. 25
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(v) Project managers. 1
(vi) Individuals with expertise in real 2
estate, acquisition, leasing, and easements. 3
(vii) Energy or utility experts, includ-4
ing experts with respect to energy effi-5
ciency and renewable energy. 6
(viii) Individuals who work in— 7
(I) capital asset management; 8
(II) healthcare architecture and 9
engineering; 10
(III) environmental management; 11
or 12
(IV) occupational safety and 13
health. 14
(ix) Individuals who conduct con-15
tracting, including contracting officers, re-16
lated to capital assets locally, regionally, or 17
nationally for all various types of construc-18
tion or infrastructure work, such as minor 19
construction, major construction, non-20
recurring maintenance, and leases. 21
(x) Individuals knowledgeable in rel-22
evant rules and procedures related to prop-23
erty disposal or transfer, environmental re-24
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mediation, historic preservation, and other 1
similar topics. 2
(xi) Relevant legal counsel and staff 3
of the Office of General Counsel needed to 4
perform relevant duties that occur 5
throughout the entire life-cycle of capital 6
asset management activities. 7
(xii) Any other position that has a 8
critical role, including supporting or ena-9
bling functions, in the planning, con-10
tracting, delivery, maintenance, upkeep, 11
and disposal of capital assets. 12
(xiii) Any other positions the Sec-13
retary determines relevant. 14
(4) P
ART TWO.— 15
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Part two of the Plan 16
shall cover the methods undertaken by the De-17
partment to accomplish changes to improve the 18
planning, execution, and delivery of capital 19
asset projects of the Department, such as main-20
tenance, renovations, land acquisition, disposal, 21
reuse, or new construction or leasing, including 22
through better planning, project management, 23
cost, and schedule performance (in this sub-24
section referred to as ‘‘Part Two’’). 25
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(B) ELEMENTS.—Part Two shall include 1
the following: 2
(i) A timeline for accomplishing the 3
changes described in subparagraph (A). 4
(ii) A description of the steps the De-5
partment is taking or plans to take to 6
shorten the time it takes from project con-7
cept to completion while controlling costs 8
and budget, and achieving established 9
goals. 10
(iii) A description of the steps the De-11
partment is taking or plans to take to in-12
crease the capacity and ability of the De-13
partment to complete a larger number of 14
projects in a given year. 15
(iv) A description of what new or 16
modified contracting or other services, ar-17
rangements, strategies, contract vehicles or 18
mechanisms, innovations, pilots, and part-19
nerships the Department is planning to use 20
during the five-year period following the 21
date of the Plan, including— 22
(I) a timeline of how and when 23
the Department will test and imple-24
ment those approaches; and 25
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(II) a description of any limita-1
tions under current law (including 2
regulations) that would prevent or are 3
preventing the Department from 4
using innovative contracting vehicles, 5
services, arrangements, administrative 6
action, or other agreements and strat-7
egies and what legislative changes are 8
needed to facilitate use of those ap-9
proaches, including a description of 10
whether each limitation is a limitation 11
for all Federal agencies or only for 12
the Department. 13
(v) A description of the costs incurred 14
or added to meet Federal or Department 15
standards, including those for resiliency, 16
accessibility, and other areas that are 17
needed and may be greater or more strin-18
gent than private industry standards. 19
(vi) A description of the steps the De-20
partment is taking or plans to take to im-21
prove capital project delivery by standard-22
izing facility design, modularizing facilities 23
components, and taking other steps to ac-24
celerate project delivery while maintaining 25
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flexibility, agility, and quality, including a 1
timeline for the completion of such steps. 2
(vii) A description of steps the De-3
partment is taking or plans to take to 4
make all of its relevant capital assets en-5
ergy efficient. 6
(viii) The steps the Secretary is tak-7
ing or plans to take to ensure the Office of 8
Information and Technology and the Office 9
of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction 10
of the Department, or similar successor of-11
fices, are integrated into all relevant as-12
pects of the capital asset planning and im-13
plementation process of the Department, 14
including at the earliest stage of every rel-15
evant capital asset project in the field so as 16
to improve communication, coordination, 17
and project scope, cost, and schedule. 18
(ix) A description of any other actions 19
the Department is taking or plans to take 20
to improve its delivery and management of 21
capital assets. 22
(x) A description of such legislative or 23
administrative action as the Secretary con-24
siders necessary to more effectively manage 25
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and deliver needed capital assets of the 1
Department. 2
(xi) Such other matters as the Sec-3
retary considers necessary. 4
(b) S
UBSEQUENTREPORTS.—Not later than three 5
years after the date on which the strategic plan required 6
by subsection (a) is submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 7
of such subsection, and once every three years thereafter 8
for a period of six years, the Secretary shall submit to 9
the appropriate committees of Congress a report includ-10
ing— 11
(1) a description of any changes with respect to 12
the matters described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 13
subsection (a) since the strategic plan was submitted 14
or the previous report was submitted under this sub-15
section, whichever may have been more recent; 16
(2) an explanation of which plans, actions, and 17
initiatives contained in the strategic plan or previous 18
report, as the case may be, were carried out; 19
(3) a list of plans, actions, and initiatives from 20
the strategic plan or previous report, as the case 21
may be, that were not carried out and the reasons 22
for such lack of action; 23
(4) a discussion of the results and performance 24
of the Department since the strategic plan or the 25
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previous report, as the case may be, including in 1
cost savings, faster project delivery, increased capac-2
ity to complete an increased number of projects in 3
a given year, and reduction in the number of 4
unaddressed priority capital asset improvements; 5
and 6
(5) such other matters as the Secretary con-7
siders necessary. 8
SEC. 203. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL ASSET 9
DISPOSAL AND REUSE AND ANNUAL REPORT 10
ON COMPLETION OF DISPOSAL AND REUSE 11
ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 12
AFFAIRS. 13
(a) C
ENTRALIZEDMANAGEMENT.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 15
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
retary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the greatest ex-17
tent practicable, centralize and consolidate the man-18
agement and oversight of all disposal and reuse ac-19
tivities of the Department of Veterans Affairs within 20
one office or sub-office of the Department which 21
shall have the sole focus of property disposal, includ-22
ing reuse, transfer, and demolition. 23
(2) P
LANS AND GOALS.—The office or sub-of-24
fice described in paragraph (1) shall be focused on 25
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developing and implementing a measurable plan with 1
yearly goals to dispose of, reuse, or transfer relevant 2
capital assets. 3
(3) C
ONSOLIDATION OF FUNCTIONS AND EM -4
PLOYEES.—To the greatest extent practical, the Sec-5
retary shall consolidate the functions and employees 6
of the office or sub-office described in paragraph (1) 7
within one organization element of the Department 8
so as to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and ac-9
countability. 10
(4) D
ISPOSAL MANAGEMENT REPORT .— 11
(A) R
EPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 12
one year after the date of the enactment of this 13
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-14
priate Committees of Congress a report on the 15
actions of the Secretary to carry out this sub-16
section. 17
(B) C
ONTENTS.—The report submitted 18
under subparagraph (A) shall include the fol-19
lowing: 20
(i) A description of whether and how 21
the consolidation has been carried out as 22
required by this subsection. 23
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(ii) Identification of the responsible 1
single official with oversight over all capital 2
asset disposals of the Department. 3
(iii) Observations or conclusions re-4
garding the challenges of managing capital 5
asset disposals of the Department. 6
(iv) Such recommendations for admin-7
istrative or legislative action as the Sec-8
retary may have to improve the organiza-9
tion and effectiveness of the capital asset 10
disposal work of the Department. 11
(b) I
NITIALDISPOSAL ANDREUSEPROGRESSRE-12
PORT.— 13
(1) R
EPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 14
include with the budget justification materials that 15
are submitted to Congress in support of the Depart-16
ment budget for the first fiscal year beginning after 17
the date of the enactment of this Act (as submitted 18
with the budget of the President for such fiscal year 19
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 20
Code) a report containing a specific timeline to ac-21
complish the disposal and reuse actions the Sec-22
retary included in the disposal and reuse reports in-23
cluded in the annual budget of the Department of 24
Veterans Affairs submitted by the President under 25
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section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or 1
similar future reports. 2
(2) C
ONTENTS.—The report required by para-3
graph (1) shall include the following: 4
(A)(i) A description of a specific timeline 5
and plan to sell, reuse, dispose of, demolish, 6
transfer, or otherwise manage the capital as-7
sets, including individual structures and build-8
ings, that the Secretary has identified in the re-9
ports described in such paragraph in the next 10
fiscal year and over the next five fiscal years. 11
(ii) A description under clause (i) shall— 12
(I) indicate those disposal projects 13
that the Secretary believes have a business 14
case to conduct a disposal and those that 15
the Secretary believes lack a business case; 16
and 17
(II) include an explanation for such 18
reasoning. 19
(B) A list of any impediments or chal-20
lenges, on a project-by-project basis and in the 21
aggregate, to carrying out any action described 22
in subparagraph (A), including funding con-23
straints, environmental remediation and preser-24
vation mitigation and any need for administra-25
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tive or legislative action to address those im-1
pediments or challenges. 2
(C) A discussion of whether disposal and 3
reuse actions do not get completed or initiated 4
because they may compete for resources with 5
urgent health care delivery or other more time- 6
sensitive infrastructure or other operational 7
needs of the Department. 8
(D) A detailed cost estimate of the fund-9
ing, including funding type, needed to accom-10
plish all of the actions described in paragraph 11
(1), including the number of fiscal years for 12
which such funding is needed and an indication 13
of what funding for capital asset disposal and 14
reuse activities is included in the budget of the 15
President with which the report under such 16
paragraph is included. 17
(E) A discussion of whether the Depart-18
ment would benefit from having a distinct and 19
separate account within the budget of the De-20
partment dedicated to the management of the 21
disposal and reuse of these assets. 22
(F) The cost to maintain capital assets 23
waiting to be processed for disposal or reuse for 24
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the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by 1
project. 2
(G) Such other matters as the Secretary 3
considers appropriate. 4
(c) S
UBSEQUENTDISPOSAL ANDREUSEPROGRESS 5
R
EPORTS.— 6
(1) S
UBSEQUENT REPORTS REQUIRED .—For 7
the first fiscal year after the fiscal year referred to 8
in subsection (b)(1) and each fiscal year thereafter, 9
the Secretary shall include with the budget justifica-10
tion materials that are submitted to Congress in 11
support of the Department budget (as submitted 12
with the budget of the President for such fiscal year 13
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 14
Code) a report on actions described in such sub-15
section. 16
(2) C
ONTENTS.—Each report required by para-17
graph (1) shall include the following: 18
(A) An update to the most recent report 19
under subsection (b) or this subsection, as ap-20
plicable, with respect to each of subparagraphs 21
(A) through (G) of paragraph (2) of such sub-22
section. 23
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(B) Information on how many disposal and 1
reuse actions from the previous year’s report 2
were accomplished or not accomplished. 3
(C) Information about what may have in-4
hibited the accomplishment of those actions de-5
scribed in subparagraph (B) that were not ac-6
complished. 7
(D) A description of best practices or les-8
sons learned with respect to actions described in 9
subsection (b)(1). 10
(E) Such other matters as the Secretary 11
considers appropriate and relevant. 12
SEC. 204. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO IMPROVE MINOR CON-13
STRUCTION PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 14
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 15
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 16
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-18
mittees of Congress a report on potential options and al-19
ternatives to improve, reform, and provide more flexibility 20
to the minor construction activities of the Department of 21
Veterans Affairs so as to increase effectiveness in com-22
mencing and delivering minor construction capital asset 23
projects. 24
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub-1
section (a) shall include the following: 2
(1) A discussion regarding legislative or admin-3
istrative action to define the term ‘‘minor construc-4
tion’’ for purposes of Department budgeting and ac-5
counting by using an automatic adjustment of the 6
threshold using— 7
(A) an index to adjust for inflation; and 8
(B) another index to adjust for regional 9
variations and trends in the cost of construc-10
tion. 11
(2) A discussion of whether the practice of the 12
Department entering into multiple minor construc-13
tion projects rather than one larger major construc-14
tion project is an efficient best practice for delivery 15
of capital asset projects. 16
(3) A discussion of whether the Department 17
should adopt any best practices of other Federal 18
agencies or non-Federal entities for its minor con-19
struction capital asset projects. 20
(4) Such other suggestions for legislative or ad-21
ministrative action as the Secretary may have with 22
respect to the management, including project thresh-23
olds, of minor construction capital asset projects. 24
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(5) Such other matters as the Secretary con-1
siders appropriate. 2
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
(1) M
AJOR CONSTRUCTION .—The term ‘‘major 4
construction’’ means capital project to construct, 5
alter, extend, or improve any facility that involves a 6
total expenditure of more than $20,000,000, includ-7
ing a major medical facility project (as defined in 8
section 8104(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code). 9
(2) M
INOR CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘minor 10
construction’’ means a capital project to construct, 11
alter, extend, or improve any facility that involves a 12
total expenditure of $20,000,000 or less. 13
SEC. 205. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO ALIGNMENT OF 14
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND 15
ACTIVATION OF MEDICAL AND OTHER SPACE 16
OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 17
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 18
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 19
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-20
mittees of Congress a report on any potential improve-21
ments to the alignment of funding of the Department of 22
Veterans Affairs for information technology so as to facili-23
tate more effective and efficient activation of medical and 24
other relevant space of the Department. 25
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
(a) shall include the following: 2
(1) A description of any current limitations on 3
funding mechanisms, including the timing and se-4
quencing of information technology and health care 5
resources that are needed to purchase, procure, and 6
install information technology equipment and related 7
information technology assets and services needed 8
for the activation of medical and other relevant 9
space of the Department, whether leased, owned, or 10
otherwise under the jurisdiction of the Department. 11
(2) Any proposed solutions the Secretary may 12
have to address the limitations described in para-13
graph (1). 14
(3) Any legislative or administrative action re-15
quired to achieve the solutions described in para-16
graph (2). 17
(4) Such other matters as the Secretary con-18
siders appropriate. 19
SEC. 206. REPORTS ON KEY CAPITAL ASSET INVESTMENTS, 20
ACTIVITIES, AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPART-21
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 8120 of title 38, United 23
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 24
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‘‘§ 8120. Reports on key capital asset investments, ac-1
tivities, and performance 2
‘‘(a) C
APITALASSETINVESTMENT, ACTIVITIES, AND 3
P
ERFORMANCE.— 4
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 5
after the end of each fiscal year, and every 60 days 6
thereafter until the end of that fiscal year, the Sec-7
retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 8
Congress a report on key capital asset investments, 9
activities, and performance of the Department. 10
‘‘(2) E
LEMENTS.— 11
‘‘(A) F
IRST REPORT IN EACH FISCAL 12
YEAR.—The first report under paragraph (1) in 13
each fiscal year shall include the following: 14
‘‘(i) A brief summary of each capital 15
asset project that was completed in the 16
previous fiscal year. 17
‘‘(ii) A brief summary of the accom-18
plishments, impediments, and challenges 19
experienced by the Department with re-20
spect to capital asset projects in the pre-21
vious fiscal year and a description of ef-22
forts made to address any such impedi-23
ments and challenges. 24
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‘‘(iii) With respect to each capital 1
asset project completed in such year, the 2
following: 3
‘‘(I) The type of project (major 4
construction, minor construction, non- 5
recurring maintenance, leases, or 6
other category, including disposals). 7
‘‘(II) The estimated total cost 8
and the actual total cost of the 9
project. 10
‘‘(III) A description of the 11
project. 12
‘‘(IV) The location and facility 13
with respect to which the project was 14
carried out. 15
‘‘(V) The fiscal quarter the 16
project was expected to begin, the fis-17
cal quarter the project began, the 18
month and year the project was com-19
pleted, and the fiscal quarter the facil-20
ity in connection to such project was 21
in use by veterans, employees of the 22
Department, or other relevant users, 23
as the case may be. 24
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‘‘(iv) In the case of any capital asset 1
project completed during the previous fis-2
cal year with respect to which the final 3
cost of the project (or any increment of the 4
project) was more than 10 percent greater 5
than the estimated cost of the project (or 6
increment) or the completion of such 7
project (or increment) was more than 180 8
days later than the planned schedule for 9
such project (or increment)— 10
‘‘(I) the reason for any such 11
overage or delay; and 12
‘‘(II) actions being taken to pre-13
vent any such overage or delay in fu-14
ture projects. 15
‘‘(v) A list of any capital asset 16
projects cancelled during the previous fis-17
cal year, including any projects in the de-18
sign phase and including the reason for the 19
cancellation. 20
‘‘(vi) A summary of total actual obli-21
gations for capital asset projects for the 22
previous fiscal year, broken out by major 23
construction, minor construction, non-re-24
curring maintenance, and leases, from the 25
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medical facilities appropriation account of 1
the Department. 2
‘‘(vii) A projected list of capital asset 3
projects, broken out by type of project 4
under subclause (I), that are expected to 5
be initiated during the current fiscal year 6
and those that are expected to be com-7
pleted during the current fiscal year, which 8
shall include the following: 9
‘‘(I) The type of project (major 10
construction, minor construction, non- 11
recurring maintenance, leases, or 12
other category, including disposals). 13
‘‘(II) The estimated total cost of 14
the project. 15
‘‘(III) A description of the 16
project. 17
‘‘(IV) The location and facility 18
with respect to which the project was 19
carried out or is expected to be car-20
ried out. 21
‘‘(V) The fiscal quarter the 22
project is expected to begin, the fiscal 23
quarter the project is expected to be 24
completed, and the fiscal quarter the 25
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facility in connection to such project 1
is expected to be in use by veterans, 2
employees of the Department, or other 3
relevant users, as the case may be. 4
‘‘(viii) Projected total obligations for 5
capital asset projects for the current fiscal 6
year, broken out by major construction, 7
minor construction, non-recurring mainte-8
nance, and leases, from the medical facili-9
ties appropriation account of the Depart-10
ment. 11
‘‘(ix) Such observations of best prac-12
tices, impediments, and accomplishments 13
related to the capital asset management 14
and performance of the Department, in-15
cluding any legislative or administrative 16
action, as the Secretary considers appro-17
priate with respect to such practices, im-18
pediments, and accomplishments. 19
‘‘(x) Meaningful metrics that show the 20
progress of the Department toward meet-21
ing relevant goals of the Department relat-22
ing to capital asset management. 23
‘‘(xi) Such other matters as the Sec-24
retary considers appropriate. 25
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‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS .—Each re-1
port in a fiscal year after the first report shall 2
include, at a minimum, relevant updates on any 3
capital asset projects that are ongoing during 4
that fiscal year, including any updates to infor-5
mation provided with respect to such projects 6
under subparagraph (A). 7
‘‘(C) M
ETRICS.—Beginning not later than 8
two years after the date of the enactment of the 9
BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023, the metrics 10
described in subparagraph (A)(x) shall include 11
the metrics developed under section 102(a)(1) 12
of such Act. 13
‘‘(3) M
ATTERS RELATING TO REPORTING 14
COSTS.—In each report under paragraph (1), when 15
reporting on costs for capital asset projects, the Sec-16
retary may include information regarding Federal 17
requirements, including those specific to the Depart-18
ment, that may not exist in the non-Federal con-19
struction sector that may increase costs for capital 20
asset projects. 21
‘‘(b) S
UPERCONSTRUCTIONPROJECTS.— 22
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 23
after the end of each fiscal year, and every 60 days 24
thereafter until the end of that fiscal year, the Sec-25
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retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 1
Congress a report on the super construction projects 2
carried out by the appropriate non-Department Fed-3
eral entity described in section 8103(e)(1) of this 4
title during such year. 5
‘‘(2) E
LEMENTS.—Each report required under 6
paragraph (1) shall include, for each project de-7
scribed in such paragraph— 8
‘‘(A) the budgetary and scheduling status 9
of the project, as of the last day of the most re-10
cent fiscal quarter ending before the date on 11
which the report is required to be submitted; 12
and 13
‘‘(B) the actual cost and schedule 14
variances of the project, as of such day, com-15
pared to the planned cost and schedules for the 16
project. 17
‘‘(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
‘‘(1) A
PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -19
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-20
gress’ means— 21
‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 22
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-23
ate; and 24
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‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 1
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 2
House of Representatives. 3
‘‘(2) C
APITAL ASSET PROJECT.—The term ‘cap-4
ital asset project’ means a capital asset investment 5
or activity of the Department. 6
‘‘(3) S
UPER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT .—The 7
term ‘super construction project’ has the meaning 8
given such term in section 8103(e)(3) of this title.’’. 9
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 10
at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 38, 11
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-12
ing to section 8120 and inserting the following new item: 13
‘‘8120. Reports on key capital asset investments, activities, and performance.’’. 
SEC. 207. REPORTS ON PROJECTED NEED FOR FUNDING 
14
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL ASSETS 15
OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 16
(a) I
NITIALREPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 17
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 18
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate commit-19
tees of Congress a report summarizing the projected 20
amount of funding for infrastructure and capital assets 21
that the Department of Veterans Affairs will need for the 22
10 fiscal years that begin immediately following such date. 23
(b) S
UBSEQUENTREPORTS.—The Secretary shall in-24
clude in the annual budget of the Department submitted 25
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by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 1
States Code, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 2
thereafter a report described in subsection (a) relating to 3
the 10 fiscal years that begin immediately following the 4
date on which such budget is submitted. 5
(c) E
LEMENTS.—Each report required by this section 6
shall include, for each fiscal year covered by the report 7
and for the entire period covered by the report, the fol-8
lowing: 9
(1) The projected funding needs of the Depart-10
ment disaggregated by funding purpose, including 11
the following: 12
(A) Land acquisition. 13
(B) Operations and maintenance of facili-14
ties of the existing capital asset portfolio of the 15
Department to include the minimum level of 16
funding below which facilities could not be ap-17
propriately maintained. 18
(C) Operations and maintenance of the 19
planned future capital asset portfolio of the De-20
partment. 21
(D) New construction, by type, including 22
major construction, minor construction, and 23
nonrecurring maintenance. 24
(E) Leasing. 25
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(F) Activation of space. 1
(G) Disposal, reuse, and remediation. 2
(H) Staffing to support the planning, de-3
livery, management, and maintenance of the 4
Department’s current and future capital asset 5
portfolio. 6
(I) Such other categories as the Secretary 7
deems relevant. 8
(2) The projected funding needs under para-9
graph (1) disaggregated by— 10
(A) not fewer than five major components 11
of the Department that use infrastructure re-12
sources, including the Veterans Health Admin-13
istration, the National Cemetery Administra-14
tion, the Veterans Benefits Administration, the 15
Office of Information and Technology, and all 16
other staff offices of the Department; and 17
(B) type of capital asset investment. 18
(3) A description of the cost increases which 19
may or have been incurred because of the delay in 20
adequate, stable, and predictable funding and for-21
ward movement on capital asset projects. Such de-22
scription may include a discussion of the negative ef-23
fect of the lack of stable and predictable capital 24
asset funding on the ability of the Department to 25
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plan, staff, and execute effective capital asset man-1
agement. 2
(4) A complete list of capital asset projects (re-3
gardless of size or type) for which all relevant pre-4
paratory work has been conducted and whose key 5
limiting factor in commencing is lack of sufficient 6
funds. 7
(5) Such other matters as the Secretary con-8
siders appropriate, including matters relating to nec-9
essary legislative or administrative action. 10
SEC. 208. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 11
VETERANS AFFAIRS REPORTS ON DEPART-12
MENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 13
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than three years after 14
the date of the enactment of this Act, and at least twice 15
during the six-year period beginning on the date that is 16
three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 17
the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Af-18
fairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-19
gress a report examining the management and perform-20
ance of relevant capital asset projects of the Department. 21
(b) S
AMPLEPROJECTS.—The Inspector General shall 22
select meaningful and representative samples of categories 23
of projects and project management efforts for review, in-24
cluding those that were initiated before the date of the 25
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enactment of this Act and those that were initiated on or 1
after the date of the enactment of this Act, such as major 2
construction, minor construction, nonrecurring mainte-3
nance, major and minor leases, land acquisition, and dis-4
posals. 5
(c) E
LEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-6
section (a) may include, at the discretion of the Inspector 7
General, the following: 8
(1) A comparison of planned versus actual cost, 9
schedule, and scope metrics. 10
(2) Improvements or lack thereof to capital 11
asset project management, including staffing, at the 12
local, regional, or national levels. 13
(3) Observations on key characteristics inhib-14
iting successful delivery of projects or allowing for 15
successful delivery of projects. 16
(4) Identification of areas of waste, fraud, and 17
abuse, if any. 18
(5) Such other matters as the Inspector Gen-19
eral considers appropriate. 20
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SEC. 209. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS ON CAPITAL 1
ASSET PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND EXECU-2
TION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-3
FAIRS. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than three years after 5
the date of the enactment of this Act and not less fre-6
quently than once every three years thereafter until the 7
date that is 9 years after the date of the enactment of 8
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 9
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 10
a report reviewing the progress of the Department of Vet-11
erans Affairs toward meeting the goals, metrics, and other 12
plans of the Department under this Act, particularly 13
under sections 101, 102, and 202. 14
(b) E
LEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 15
(a) may include the following: 16
(1) A review of the performance of the Depart-17
ment related to planning, oversight, management of 18
human capital, contracting, and execution of capital 19
asset projects. 20
(2) A review of how the Department is com-21
plying with the requirements of this Act. 22
(3) Such other topics as the Comptroller Gen-23
eral considers appropriate. 24
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SEC. 210. REPORT ON DENTAL CARE PHYSICAL INFRA-1
STRUCTURE NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT OF 2
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 3
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-4
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 5
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-6
port, disaggregated by medical center or other relevant 7
health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 8
on— 9
(1) the physical infrastructure needed (such as 10
new facilities, renovations, remodels, leases, or other 11
infrastructure) to provide dental services to veterans 12
eligible for such services under the laws adminis-13
tered by the Secretary; and 14
(2) the project-by-project cost and total cost to 15
establish the physical infrastructure specified under 16
paragraph (1) and an estimated timeline to complete 17
such projects upon receipt of appropriate funding. 18
SEC. 211. REPORT ON LONG-TERM CARE PHYSICAL INFRA-19
STRUCTURE NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT OF 20
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 22
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-23
erans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees 24
of Congress a report, disaggregated by medical center or 25
other relevant health care facility of the Department of 26
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Veterans Affairs, identifying the physical infrastructure 1
needs of the Department to support current and future 2
anticipated long-term care needs and models of care for 3
veterans, including— 4
(1) infrastructure needed to support the deliv-5
ery of long-term care for women veterans, veterans 6
with spinal cord injuries and diseases, veterans with 7
traumatic brain injury, veterans with unique behav-8
ioral health needs, veterans with memory loss, and 9
other population groups with unique needs or pro-10
jected future needs; 11
(2) information regarding the plans of the De-12
partment to provide such care as the Department 13
builds internal capacity but space is not yet available 14
to meet the demand for such care; and 15
(3) with respect to any projects needed to pro-16
vide the infrastructure specified under paragraph 17
(1)— 18
(A) the estimated individual project cost 19
and total cost to accomplish those projects; and 20
(B) the estimated individual project 21
timeline to accomplish each such project upon 22
receipt of appropriate funding. 23
(b) I
NCLUSION OF INFORMATION REGARDING 24
P
RIORITIZATION OFCERTAINPROJECTS.—The Secretary 25
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shall include in the report required under subsection (a) 1
information regarding how the infrastructure 2
prioritization processes of the Department, such as the 3
Strategic Capital Investment Planning process, or suc-4
cessor process, could be modified to include higher 5
prioritization of projects that support the provision of a 6
health care service that is not widely available, or is not 7
available in compliance with appropriate quality or access 8
standards, from non-Department providers. 9
(c) D
EVELOPMENT OF REPORT.—In developing the 10
report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 11
consult with relevant regional and national program of-12
fices of the Veterans Health Administration with responsi-13
bility to manage the various health care services covered 14
by the report, including long-term care and care relating 15
to spinal cord injuries and diseases, to ensure that the 16
report contains a holistic, comprehensive, and integrated 17
plan to address the capital asset and other space needs 18
for the population of veterans who require those services. 19
(d) I
NDICATION OFTYPES OFPROJECTS.—In the re-20
port required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall in-21
dicate the projects that can be most efficiently and effec-22
tively accomplished through smaller individual infrastruc-23
ture projects or through a larger medical facility replace-24
ment or new site of care, as determined by the Secretary. 25
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SEC. 212. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF 1
USING A DEDICATED BUDGET ACCOUNT FOR 2
MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL ASSETS OF DE-3
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 5
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-7
mittees of Congress a report on the feasibility and advis-8
ability of requesting that Congress create a dedicated 9
budget account from which the Department of Veterans 10
Affairs would request funds, based on relevant method-11
ology, formulas and percentages tied to the existing and 12
future capital asset needs of the Department, and if such 13
funds are provided, draw upon to pay for maintenance, 14
preventative maintenance, and repair of the capital assets 15
of the Department. 16
(b) C
ONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 17
(a) shall include the following: 18
(1) The best practices used by the Department, 19
drawing from the Federal Government, State and 20
local governments, nonprofit organizations, private 21
industry, and other appropriate entities, relating to 22
stable and consistent planning and budgeting for 23
capital asset maintenance. 24
(2) Relevant formulas and percentages that the 25
Department currently uses to identify the resources 26
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required for capital asset maintenance or could use 1
to dedicate or segment off funds to pay for needed 2
and expected maintenance costs based on the size, 3
need, complexity, and other requirements of the cap-4
ital asset portfolio of the Department. 5
(3) Such other information as the Secretary 6
considers appropriate. 7
SEC. 213. REPORT ON WOMEN VETERANS RETROFIT INITIA-8
TIVE. 9
Section 5102 of the Deborah Sampson Act of 2020 10
(title V of Public Law 116–315; 38 U.S.C. 8110 note) 11
is amended— 12
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-13
section (d); and 14
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-15
lowing new subsection (c): 16
‘‘(c) R
EPORT ONPROJECTS.— 17
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 18
after the date of the enactment of the BUILD for 19
Veterans Act of 2023, the Secretary shall submit to 20
the appropriate committees of Congress a report 21
containing— 22
‘‘(A) an identification of the funding re-23
quested and the funding provided to the De-24
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partment for retrofitting prioritized under sub-1
section (a) as of the date of the report; 2
‘‘(B) a list of projects conducted with such 3
funding as of such date, including— 4
‘‘(i) amounts obligated for each such 5
project; 6
‘‘(ii) the locations of each such 7
project; 8
‘‘(iii) a short description of each such 9
project; and 10
‘‘(iv) the status of each such project, 11
including an estimated timeline to complete 12
the project; and 13
‘‘(C) a list of projects for retrofitting 14
prioritized under subsection (a) as of such date 15
that remain unfunded as of such date, includ-16
ing— 17
‘‘(i) the estimated funding required 18
for those projects to be completed, on a 19
project-by-project basis; and 20
‘‘(ii) an estimated timeline to complete 21
each such project if necessary funding and 22
other resources are provided. 23
‘‘(2) U
PDATES.—Not later than one year after 24
the submittal of the report under paragraph (1), and 25
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annually thereafter until the earlier of the date that 1
is 10 years after the submittal of such report or the 2
date on which all projects listed under subpara-3
graphs (B) and (C) of such paragraph have been 4
completed, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-5
priate committees of Congress a report on— 6
‘‘(A) the progress made by the Secretary 7
in completing such projects; and 8
‘‘(B) an identification of the funding re-9
quested and the funding provided to the De-10
partment to complete such projects. 11
‘‘(3) A
PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -12
GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 13
committees of Congress’ means— 14
‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 15
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-16
ate; and 17
‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 18
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 19
House of Representatives.’’. 20
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SEC. 214. REPORT ON CAPITAL ASSET AND INFORMATION 1
TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF THE RESEARCH AND 2
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT 3
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 5
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on 7
the capital asset and information technology needs of the 8
research and development program of the Department of 9
Veterans Affairs. 10
(b) C
ONTENTS.— 11
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The report required by sub-12
section (a) shall include the following: 13
(A) A comprehensive summary of new fa-14
cilities, renovations of existing facilities, leasing 15
of facilities and any other such facilities or 16
physical infrastructure the Department requires 17
to effectively perform its research and develop-18
ment functions, including projected functions. 19
(B) Detailed information on the informa-20
tion technology resources, projects, equipment, 21
and related information technology needs, 22
disaggregated by type of information technology 23
funding categories, such as development or op-24
erations and maintenance, the Department re-25
quires in order to make the research and devel-26
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opment program and activities of the Depart-1
ment functional and high performing in the 2
short, medium, and long term, and those need-3
ed to enable employees of the Department to 4
perform their research and development in an 5
effective and efficient manner. 6
(C) Such matters as the Secretary deems 7
relevant to maintain and further improve and 8
advance the research and development functions 9
of the Department through improved capital 10
asset and information technology support. 11
(2) R
EQUIREMENTS.— 12
(A) F
ACILITIES.— 13
(i) S
UMMARIES BY PROJECT .—In pro-14
viding information under paragraph 15
(1)(A), the Secretary shall provide esti-16
mated summaries for each project with 17
cost data as well as a realistic multi-year 18
plan to design and deliver the capital asset 19
projects, assuming required funding is pro-20
vided. 21
(ii) I
DENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS .— 22
Each project shall be identified by its 23
project type such as major construction, 24
minor construction, nonrecurring mainte-25
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nance, major lease, minor lease, or such 1
other category as the Secretary determines 2
may be appropriate. 3
(B) I
NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .—In pro-4
viding information under paragraph (1)(B), the 5
Secretary shall provide estimated summaries for 6
each project or investment with individual and 7
total cost data as well as a realistic multi-year 8
plan to develop relevant requirements and ac-9
quire and deploy the relevant information tech-10
nology services, projects, equipment, and re-11
lated matters. 12
(C) S
COPE.—The scope of the report sub-13
mitted under subsection (a) is on the capital 14
asset, information technology, and other related 15
critical support functions, excluding human cap-16
ital related needs, needed for the Department to 17
perform research and development in an effec-18
tive and efficient manner. 19
(c) C
ONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the report re-20
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the 21
following: 22
(1) The findings of the 2012 final report of the 23
Research Infrastructure Program of the Depart-24
ment. 25
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(2) Current and updated data providing the 1
most accurate and holistic presentation of the phys-2
ical infrastructure, information technology, and 3
other relevant support function needs of the research 4
and development program of the Department. 5
(3) Such other matters as the Secretary con-6
siders appropriate. 7
SEC. 215. REVIEW AND REPORT ON PROVISIONS OF LAW 8
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 9
AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND 10
OVERSIGHT. 11
(a) R
EVIEW.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 12
shall review all relevant authorities of the Department of 13
Veterans Affairs, including those in section 312A of title 14
38, United States Code, and determine whether the provi-15
sions of such authorities are meaningful, relevant, and re-16
flect the current operational needs, organization structure, 17
and all other necessary requirements for the full life-cycle 18
of effective and efficient management of capital assets. 19
(b) R
EPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 20
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 21
to Congress a report regarding whether the authorities re-22
viewed under subsection (a) should be revised to align 23
more closely with current and future projected operational 24
needs of the Department. 25
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(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
(b) shall include the following: 2
(1) An assessment of whether other offices, ad-3
ministrations, or entities of the Department should 4
be directed to formally assume certain functions cur-5
rently assigned to officials of the Department, in-6
cluding to the Deputy Secretary, the Director of 7
Construction and Facilities Management, the Under 8
Secretary for Health, the Assistant Secretary for 9
Management, and the Chief Financial Officer, pur-10
suant to statute or Departmental practice, so as to 11
match operational realties and needs, directives, poli-12
cies, and procedures of the Department, to improve 13
efficiencies, streamline management and lines of au-14
thority, responsibility, and accountability or other 15
reasons that would be beneficial to the capital asset 16
management of the Department. 17
(2) An assessment of whether capital asset 18
functions currently not clearly assumed or controlled 19
by other entities of the Department should be more 20
clearly assigned to relevant offices of the Depart-21
ment to match operational realities and needs, direc-22
tives, policies, and procedures of the Department, to 23
improve efficiencies, streamline management and 24
lines of authority and responsibility, or other reasons 25
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that would be beneficial to the capital asset manage-1
ment of the Department. 2
(3) Identification of whether any new offices, 3
structures, positions, or reporting lines should be 4
created or modified in the Department to improve 5
operational effectiveness, performance, and account-6
ability for capital asset management. 7
(4) An assessment of whether a modified De-8
partmental organizational structure and changes to 9
relevant statutory provisions could create a clearly 10
identified single line of accountability and responsi-11
bility for the full life-cycle of capital asset manage-12
ment activities of the Department so as to improve 13
effectiveness, efficiency, performance, and stability 14
of Departmental capital asset management. 15
(5) Specific reasons for the statutory or other 16
changes that are recommended in the report or if no 17
changes are necessary, a justification for not making 18
any changes, including a statement providing the 19
single responsible executive and office in charge of 20
managing all capital asset management activities of 21
the Department as of the date of the report. 22
(6) Identification of such legislative or adminis-23
trative action as the Secretary determines necessary 24
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to implement the changes necessary to improve cap-1
ital asset management at the Department. 2
SEC. 216. IMPROVING PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND RE-3
PORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN 4
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAP-5
ITAL ASSET PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES. 6
(a) R
EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 7
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 8
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-9
mittees of Congress a report on actions the Department 10
of Veterans Affairs is taking or plans to take to enhance 11
the ability of the Department to prevent, detect, and re-12
port waste, fraud, and abuse occurring in capital asset 13
projects of the Department, whether by employees, con-14
tractors, or other relevant persons or entities involved with 15
the Department. 16
(b) E
LEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 17
(a) shall include the following: 18
(1) An assessment of whether new training or 19
enhancements to existing training should be under-20
taken to improve the prevention, detection, and re-21
porting of waste, fraud, and abuse. 22
(2) Recommendations for such legislative and 23
administrative action as the Secretary determines 24
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appropriate to improve the prevention, detection, 1
and reporting of waste, fraud, and abuse. 2
(3) Such other matters the Secretary considers 3
appropriate. 4
(c) C
ONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 5
the Secretary— 6
(1) shall consult with the Inspector General of 7
the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Comp-8
troller General of the United States on matters re-9
lating to best practices and strategies to improve de-10
tection and prevention by the Department of waste, 11
fraud, and abuse in capital asset projects and man-12
agement; and 13
(2) may consult with such other persons and 14
entities on such matters as the Secretary considers 15
appropriate. 16
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