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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 3225
5	5	To improve the management and performance of the capital asset programs
6	6	of the Department of Veterans Affairs so as to better serve veterans,
7	7	their families, caregivers, and survivors, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MAY11, 2023
10	10	Mr. D
11	11	ELUZIO(for himself and Mr. MRVAN) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To improve the management and performance of the capital
15	15	asset programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs
16	16	so as to better serve veterans, their families, caregivers,
17	17	and survivors, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
21	21	(a) S
22	22	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
23	23	‘‘Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn, and Deliver for Veterans 5
24	24	Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023’’. 6
25	25	(b) T
26	26	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
27	27	this Act is as follows: 8
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31	31	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
32	32	Sec. 2. Definitions.
33	33	TITLE I—CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
34	34	Sec. 101. Improving capital asset staffing of Department of Veterans Affairs.
35	35	Sec. 102. Development of performance metrics of capital asset management by
36	36	Department of Veterans Affairs and monitoring for improve-
37	37	ment.
38	38	Sec. 103. Expansion of membership of the Capital Asset Planning Committee.
39	39	TITLE II—STRATEGIC PLAN AND REPORTS
40	40	Sec. 201. Review of climate resilience of facilities, land, and other relevant cap-
41	41	ital assets of Department of Veterans Affairs.
42	42	Sec. 202. Strategic plan to improve planning, management, budgeting, staffing,
43	43	capacity, and performance of Department of Veterans Affairs
44	44	capital asset activities.
45	45	Sec. 203. Centralized management of capital asset disposal and reuse and an-
46	46	nual report on completion of disposal and reuse activities of
47	47	Department of Veterans Affairs.
48	48	Sec. 204. Report on options to improve minor construction program of Depart-
49	49	ment of Veterans Affairs.
50	50	Sec. 205. Report on improvements to alignment of information technology
51	51	funding and activation of medical and other space of Depart-
52	52	ment of Veterans Affairs.
53	53	Sec. 206. Reports on key capital asset investments, activities, and performance
54	54	of Department of Veterans Affairs.
55	55	Sec. 207. Reports on projected need for funding for infrastructure and capital
56	56	assets of Department of Veterans Affairs.
57	57	Sec. 208. Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs reports on
58	58	Department infrastructure projects.
59	59	Sec. 209. Comptroller General reports on capital asset program management
60	60	and execution by Department of Veterans Affairs.
61	61	Sec. 210. Report on dental care physical infrastructure needs of Department of
62	62	Veterans Affairs.
63	63	Sec. 211. Report on long-term care physical infrastructure needs of Depart-
64	64	ment of Veterans Affairs.
65	65	Sec. 212. Report on feasibility and advisability of using a dedicated budget ac-
66	66	count for maintenance of capital assets of Department of Vet-
67	67	erans Affairs.
68	68	Sec. 213. Report on women veterans retrofit initiative.
69	69	Sec. 214. Report on capital asset and information technology needs of the re-
70	70	search and development program of Department of Veterans
71	71	Affairs.
72	72	Sec. 215. Review and report on provisions of law relating to Department of
73	73	Veterans Affairs capital asset management and oversight.
74	74	Sec. 216. Improving prevention, detection, and reporting of waste, fraud, and
75	75	abuse in Department of Veterans Affairs capital asset projects
76	76	and activities.
77	77	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
78	78	1
79	79	In this Act: 2
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83	83	(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -1
84	84	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-2
85	85	gress’’ means— 3
86	86	(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 4
87	87	and the Committee on Appropriations of the 5
88	88	Senate; and 6
89	89	(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 7
90	90	and the Committee on Appropriations of the 8
91	91	House of Representatives. 9
92	92	(2) C
93	93	APITAL ASSET.—The term ‘‘capital asset’’ 10
94	94	means the physical infrastructure, land, buildings, 11
95	95	and other related items under the operation and con-12
96	96	trol of the Department of Veterans Affairs, includ-13
97	97	ing the information technology and other support 14
98	98	systems needed to ensure the physical space can be 15
99	99	used to deliver intended services and functions of the 16
100	100	Department. 17
101	101	TITLE I—CAPITAL ASSET 18
102	102	MANAGEMENT 19
103	103	SEC. 101. IMPROVING CAPITAL ASSET STAFFING OF DE-20
104	104	PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21
105	105	(a) C
106	106	APITALASSETPERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-22
107	107	MENT.— 23
108	108	(1) R
109	109	EQUIREMENT FOR DEDICATED OFFICES 24
110	110	AND SUFFICIENT STAFF .—Not later than 540 days 25
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114	114	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-1
115	115	retary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the De-2
116	116	partment of Veterans Affairs has dedicated offices 3
117	117	or entities and sufficient staff, including at each 4
118	118	medical center of the Department, to conduct rel-5
119	119	evant critical responsibilities for the life-cycle of cap-6
120	120	ital asset management at the local, regional, and 7
121	121	central office level. This may include ensuring such 8
122	122	mix as the Secretary considers appropriate of per-9
123	123	sonnel with duties from the following categories: 10
124	124	(A) Facility planning. 11
125	125	(B) Long-range capital planning. 12
126	126	(C) Management of projects and capital 13
127	127	assets relating to the execution of major con-14
128	128	struction projects, minor construction projects, 15
129	129	major leases, minor leases, nonrecurring main-16
130	130	tenance, and related matters at medical centers 17
131	131	and facilities of the Department in the sur-18
132	132	rounding catchment areas of the centers and fa-19
133	133	cilities. 20
134	134	(D) Property disposal or transfer, environ-21
135	135	mental remediation, and historic preservation. 22
136	136	(E) Engineering, including matters relat-23
137	137	ing to seismic repairs and projects. 24
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141	141	(F) Maintenance and repair of existing in-1
142	142	frastructure. 2
143	143	(G) The collection of views of veterans and 3
144	144	employees of the Department to understand the 4
145	145	capital assets needs of the Department. 5
146	146	(H) Other relevant functions relating to 6
147	147	the full life-cycle of capital asset management 7
148	148	of the Department as determined by the Sec-8
149	149	retary. 9
150	150	(2) T
151	151	ASKS.—To the greatest extent practicable, 10
152	152	the Secretary shall ensure that each of the cat-11
153	153	egories of duties under paragraph (1) are assigned 12
154	154	to a different individual or group of individuals so 13
155	155	as— 14
156	156	(A) to organize common work in a cohesive 15
157	157	manner; and 16
158	158	(B) not to overburden a small number of 17
159	159	individuals with such requirements. 18
160	160	(3) L
161	161	EAD OFFICIAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
162	162	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
163	163	retary shall— 21
164	164	(A) designate one individual as the lead 22
165	165	senior official responsible for integration and 23
166	166	coordination of, and accountability for, the eval-24
167	167	uation of the capital asset workforce needs of 25
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171	171	the Department, the staffing model established 1
172	172	under paragraph (4), and the ongoing imple-2
173	173	mentation and monitoring of actions to ensure 3
174	174	adequate capital asset staffing across the De-4
175	175	partment, including those at the field, regional, 5
176	176	and central offices of the Veterans Health Ad-6
177	177	ministration, the National Cemetery Adminis-7
178	178	tration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, 8
179	179	and the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and 9
180	180	Construction; and 10
181	181	(B) notify the appropriate committees of 11
182	182	Congress who has been designated under sub-12
183	183	paragraph (A). 13
184	184	(4) S
185	185	TAFFING MODEL.— 14
186	186	(A) I
187	187	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 15
188	188	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 16
189	189	Secretary shall establish a staffing model for 17
190	190	the relevant administrations, staff offices, and 18
191	191	other elements of the Department to carry out 19
192	192	paragraph (1) that— 20
193	193	(i) ensures a minimum base level of 21
194	194	capital asset staffing; and 22
195	195	(ii) is adjusted based on the volume 23
196	196	and complexity of capital asset work of a 24
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200	200	particular facility, catchment area, region, 1
201	201	or central office responsibility. 2
202	202	(B) U
203	203	PDATE.—The Secretary shall update 3
204	204	the staffing model under subparagraph (A) reg-4
205	205	ularly to ensure it is effective in carrying out 5
206	206	paragraph (1). 6
207	207	(5) T
208	208	REATMENT OF STATES AND TERRITORIES 7
209	209	WITHOUT A MEDICAL CENTER .—In the case of a 8
210	210	State or territory of the United States in which the 9
211	211	Department does not operate a full-service medical 10
212	212	center, the Secretary shall, in carrying out para-11
213	213	graph (1), ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, 12
214	214	that the Department has a dedicated office or entity 13
215	215	and sufficient staff at the largest medical facility of 14
216	216	the Department in that State or territory, and any 15
217	217	reference in this section to a medical center shall be 16
218	218	deemed to be a reference to that medical facility. 17
219	219	(6) P
220	220	URPOSE AND INTENT .—The purpose of 18
221	221	this subsection is to ensure that field, regional, and 19
222	222	central offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs 20
223	223	have an appropriately sized and credentialed capital 21
224	224	asset workforce to allow for efficient and effective 22
225	225	execution of their relevant segment of capital asset 23
226	226	work. Nothing in this subsection is intended to man-24
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230	230	date a realignment of capital asset workforce roles, 1
231	231	responsibilities, and reporting structures. 2
232	232	(b) Q
233	233	UALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure 3
234	234	that appropriate professional certifications, educational 4
235	235	background, and other qualifications are in effect for indi-5
236	236	viduals employed in a position at a dedicated office or enti-6
237	237	ty required by subsection (a) to manage the duties under 7
238	238	the categories set forth under subsection (a)(1). 8
239	239	(c) D
240	240	UTIES OFDEDICATEDOFFICES ORENTITIES 9
241	241	ATMEDICALCENTERS.— 10
242	242	(1) I
243	243	N GENERAL.—The duties of a dedicated of-11
244	244	fice or entity required by subsection (a) at a medical 12
245	245	center of the Department may include such combina-13
246	246	tion of the following duties as the Secretary con-14
247	247	siders appropriate to achieve efficient and effective 15
248	248	capital asset management and performance as it 16
249	249	pertains to relevant activities at the field level: 17
250	250	(A) The development, monitoring, and im-18
251	251	plementation of capital asset objectives for the 19
252	252	catchment area surrounding the medical center, 20
253	253	including community-based outpatient clinics 21
254	254	and other sites of care of the Department in 22
255	255	that area. 23
256	256	(B) The coordination of capital asset man-24
257	257	agement and planning with counterparts at 25
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261	261	other medical centers of the Department in the 1
262	262	region and facility planners for the Veterans In-2
263	263	tegrated Service Network or Networks in the 3
264	264	region. 4
265	265	(C) Effective delivery of capital asset 5
266	266	projects. 6
267	267	(D) Maintenance and repair of infrastruc-7
268	268	ture. 8
269	269	(E) Capital asset disposal or transfer, envi-9
270	270	ronmental remediation, and historic preserva-10
271	271	tion. 11
272	272	(F) Regularly monitoring state-of-the-art 12
273	273	best practices in health care capital asset deliv-13
274	274	ery and management. 14
275	275	(G) Constantly monitoring the needs of 15
276	276	veterans and employees of the Department as it 16
277	277	relates to medical space and services at the 17
278	278	medical center and facilities in the catchment 18
279	279	area surrounding the medical center to forward 19
280	280	plan and identify and submit plans, through 20
281	281	processes of the Department, to meet those 21
282	282	needs, including by formulating local and re-22
283	283	gional capital improvement and asset manage-23
284	284	ment plans for medical facilities of the Depart-24
285	285	ment through the regular collection of— 25
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289	289	(i) views and expectations of veterans, 1
290	290	including as expressed by relevant local or 2
291	291	national veterans service organizations, in 3
292	292	that area who are eligible users of health 4
293	293	care and related services provided by the 5
294	294	Department with respect to— 6
295	295	(I) preferences and needs of 7
296	296	those veterans for the care received 8
297	297	from medical facilities of the Depart-9
298	298	ment in that area; and 10
299	299	(II) the need for improvements 11
300	300	and enhancements to infrastructure of 12
301	301	the Department; and 13
302	302	(ii) views of relevant medical staff of 14
303	303	the Department at the medical center and 15
304	304	facilities in that catchment area regarding 16
305	305	their preferences and needs for how to de-17
306	306	liver health care to veterans and how those 18
307	307	preferences impact the infrastructure 19
308	308	needs of the Department. 20
309	309	(H) Understanding the capital asset poli-21
310	310	cies, procedures, and directives of the Depart-22
311	311	ment, including those issued by the central of-23
312	312	fice of the Department, the Veterans Health 24
313	313	Administration, Veterans Integrated Service 25
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317	317	Networks, the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 1
318	318	and Construction, the Office of Asset Enter-2
319	319	prise Management, the Office of General Coun-3
320	320	sel, the Office of Information and Technology, 4
321	321	or any successor offices, and any other office of 5
322	322	the Department with significant responsibility 6
323	323	over capital asset management and planning. 7
324	324	(I) Implementing locally the policies, proce-8
325	325	dures, and directives described in subparagraph 9
326	326	(H). 10
327	327	(J) Providing feedback regarding ways in 11
328	328	which the policies, procedures and directives de-12
329	329	scribed in subparagraph (H) can be improved. 13
330	330	(K) Understanding the importance for col-14
331	331	laboration and coordination among all relevant 15
332	332	offices of the Department, including the Office 16
333	333	of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, the 17
334	334	Office of Asset Enterprise Management, the Of-18
335	335	fice of Information and Technology, or suc-19
336	336	cessor offices with similar functions, and other 20
337	337	internal stakeholders as required to achieve suc-21
338	338	cess in all phases of capital asset management. 22
339	339	(2) C
340	340	OLLECTION OF VIEWS AND EXPECTA -23
341	341	TIONS.— 24
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345	345	(A) IN GENERAL.—Views and expectations 1
346	346	may be collected under paragraph (1)(G) 2
347	347	through multiple channels and the process used 3
348	348	for such collection shall ensure that the views 4
349	349	and expectations collected provide a representa-5
350	350	tive sample of the population from which such 6
351	351	views and expectations are collected. 7
352	352	(B) C
353	353	ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information 8
354	354	collected under paragraph (1)(G) shall be col-9
355	355	lected in a manner that provides an option for 10
356	356	submission of views that are anonymous and 11
357	357	confidential. 12
358	358	(C) I
359	359	NCLUSION OF DIVERSE VIEW -13
360	360	POINTS.—In collecting views and expectations 14
361	361	of veterans and medical staff under paragraph 15
362	362	(1)(G), an office, entity, or relevant staff de-16
363	363	scribed in subsection (a) for a medical center of 17
364	364	the Department shall ensure that the viewpoints 18
365	365	of a diverse population of veterans being served 19
366	366	by the medical center and medical staff of the 20
367	367	medical center or in the catchment area of the 21
368	368	medical center are captured. 22
369	369	(D) C
370	370	OORDINATION WITH EXISTING EF -23
371	371	FORTS OF DEPARTMENT .—In carrying out 24
372	372	paragraph (1)(G) and this paragraph, the Sec-25
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376	376	retary shall use, as the Secretary considers ap-1
377	377	propriate, existing efforts and expertise of the 2
378	378	Department through the Veterans Health Ad-3
379	379	ministration, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 4
380	380	and Construction, the Office of Asset Enter-5
381	381	prise Management, and the Veterans Experi-6
382	382	ence Office. 7
383	383	(E) U
384	384	SAGE OF VIEWS AND EXPECTA -8
385	385	TIONS.—The views and expectations collected 9
386	386	under paragraph (1)(G) shall be used to inform 10
387	387	the offices, entities, or relevant staff described 11
388	388	in subsection (a)(1) and the broader leadership 12
389	389	of a medical center and Veterans Integrated 13
390	390	Service Networks of the Department to develop 14
391	391	plans for capital asset improvement. 15
392	392	(d) D
393	393	EVELOPMENT OF STANDARDPROCESSTOSO-16
394	394	LICITVIEWS ONEFFECTIVENESS.— 17
395	395	(1) I
396	396	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 18
397	397	the Secretary shall develop a standardized process to 19
398	398	regularly solicit feedback from individuals and enti-20
399	399	ties described in paragraph (2) regarding the effec-21
400	400	tiveness of and ways to improve— 22
401	401	(A) the infrastructure and capital asset 23
402	402	management investment processes and proce-24
403	403	dures of the central office of the Department 25
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407	407	and Veterans Integrated Service Networks of 1
408	408	the Department; and 2
409	409	(B) the guidance of the central office and 3
410	410	Veterans Integrated Service Networks regard-4
411	411	ing such processes and procedures to the med-5
412	412	ical centers, facilities in the surrounding 6
413	413	catchment areas of those medical centers, and 7
414	414	Veterans Integrated Service Networks, as ap-8
415	415	propriate. 9
416	416	(2) I
417	417	NDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES DESCRIBED .— 10
418	418	The individuals and entities described in this para-11
419	419	graph are the following: 12
420	420	(A) Each office, entity, or relevant staff 13
421	421	described in subsection (a)(1) for a medical cen-14
422	422	ter of the Department. 15
423	423	(B) Medical staff of the Department at fa-16
424	424	cilities in the surrounding catchment area of 17
425	425	the medical center. 18
426	426	(C) Veterans Integrated Service Networks. 19
427	427	(D) Staff of offices within the central of-20
428	428	fice of the Department, including the Office of 21
429	429	Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, the 22
430	430	Office of Asset Enterprise Management, and 23
431	431	the Office of Information and Technology, or 24
432	432	successor offices with similar functions. 25
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436	436	(E) The Veterans Health Administration, 1
437	437	including its Office of Healthcare Environment 2
438	438	and Facilities Programs. 3
439	439	(F) Such other offices as the Secretary de-4
440	440	termines relevant. 5
441	441	(3) A
442	442	LIGNMENT WITH MARKET AREA ASSESS -6
443	443	MENTS.—To the degree practicable, the Secretary 7
444	444	shall align the process developed and standardized 8
445	445	under paragraph (1) with the performance of market 9
446	446	area assessments under section 7330C(a) of title 38, 10
447	447	United States Code. 11
448	448	(4) C
449	449	ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information col-12
450	450	lected under paragraph (1) shall be collected in a 13
451	451	manner that provides an option for submission of 14
452	452	views that are anonymous and confidential. 15
453	453	(e) U
454	454	SE OFREPORTFINDINGS.—The Secretary shall 16
455	455	use the results of the report required under section 202 17
456	456	in establishing the offices, entities, or organizational struc-18
457	457	tures required under subsection (a) and carrying out any 19
458	458	other requirements of this section. 20
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462	462	SEC. 102. DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS OF 1
463	463	CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT BY DEPART-2
464	464	MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MONI-3
465	465	TORING FOR IMPROVEMENT. 4
466	466	(a) I
467	467	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 5
468	468	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-6
469	469	erans Affairs shall— 7
470	470	(1) develop meaningful and measurable goals 8
471	471	and metrics— 9
472	472	(A) to assess the performance of the cap-10
473	473	ital asset management programs of the Depart-11
474	474	ment of Veterans Affairs, including those car-12
475	475	ried out by a non-Department Federal entity 13
476	476	under section 8103(e)(1) of title 38, United 14
477	477	States Code, to allow the Secretary to make 15
478	478	sound decisions regarding construction, leasing, 16
479	479	acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of cap-17
480	480	ital assets; and 18
481	481	(B) that are in alignment with Department 19
482	482	strategic plans, budgets, and mission to serve 20
483	483	veterans, their families, and caregivers; 21
484	484	(2) develop an internal dashboard or other tool 22
485	485	to monitor progress towards meeting those goals; 23
486	486	(3) establish and implement internal governance 24
487	487	processes to direct necessary changes to improve 25
488	488	performance and achievement of those goals; and 26
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492	492	(4) submit to appropriate committees of Con-1
493	493	gress a report on the development of those goals and 2
494	494	metrics in paragraph (1) and the implementation of 3
495	495	the internal dashboard or other tool under para-4
496	496	graph (2) and the internal governance process under 5
497	497	paragraph (3). 6
498	498	(b) I
499	499	NTERNALDASHBOARD.—The Secretary shall en-7
500	500	sure that the internal dashboard developed under sub-8
501	501	section (a)(2) includes meaningful and relevant metrics 9
502	502	that— 10
503	503	(1) evaluate capital asset management perform-11
504	504	ance of the Department and provide relevant infor-12
505	505	mation to guide necessary improvements; and 13
506	506	(2) are developed consistent with recommenda-14
507	507	tions set forth by the Comptroller General of the 15
508	508	United States. 16
509	509	(c) C
510	510	ONSIDERATION OF PARTTWO OFSTRATEGIC 17
511	511	P
512	512	LAN TOIMPROVEVA’SDELIVERY ANDMANAGEMENT 18
513	513	OFCAPITALASSET.—In developing the internal dash-19
514	514	board under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall consider 20
515	515	the findings in part two of the Strategic Plan to Improve 21
516	516	VA’s Delivery and Management of Capital Asset required 22
517	517	under section 202(a)(4). 23
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521	521	SEC. 103. EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE CAPITAL 1
522	522	ASSET PLANNING COMMITTEE. 2
523	523	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-3
524	524	ment of this Act, in order to facilitate Federal health in-4
525	525	frastructure planning, coordination, and investment, the 5
526	526	Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Sec-6
527	527	retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall mod-7
528	528	ify the membership of the Capital Asset Planning Com-8
529	529	mittee established as a subordinate entity of the Depart-9
530	530	ment of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint 10
531	531	Executive Committee established under section 320 of title 11
532	532	38, United States Code, to include the following: 12
533	533	(1) Not fewer than one officer or employee of 13
534	534	the Indian Health Service. 14
535	535	(2) Not fewer than one officer or employee of 15
536	536	the Department of Health and Human Services who 16
537	537	is not an employee of the Indian Health Service. 17
538	538	TITLE II—STRATEGIC PLAN AND 18
539	539	REPORTS 19
540	540	SEC. 201. REVIEW OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF FACILITIES, 20
541	541	LAND, AND OTHER RELEVANT CAPITAL AS-21
542	542	SETS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-22
543	543	FAIRS. 23
544	544	(a) I
545	545	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 24
546	546	shall conduct a comprehensive review of the climate resil-25
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550	550	ience of facilities, land, and other relevant capital assets 1
551	551	under the authority and jurisdiction of the Secretary. 2
552	552	(b) E
553	553	LEMENTS.— 3
554	554	(1) I
555	555	N GENERAL.—The review conducted under 4
556	556	subsection (a) shall— 5
557	557	(A) provide a comprehensive assessment of 6
558	558	existing facilities, land, and other relevant cap-7
559	559	ital assets that may be at risk due to changes 8
560	560	in the climate, including potential vulnerabilities 9
561	561	related to— 10
562	562	(i) proximity to a body of water; 11
563	563	(ii) proximity to an area prone to 12
564	564	flooding; 13
565	565	(iii) proximity to an area prone to 14
566	566	wild fire; 15
567	567	(iv) proximity to an area prone to tor-16
568	568	nadoes, hurricanes, or other storms; and 17
569	569	(v) such other matters as the Sec-18
570	570	retary considers appropriate after con-19
571	571	sulting with the United States Global 20
572	572	Change Research Program on the best 21
573	573	available observations and forward-looking 22
574	574	climate projections by region, including sea 23
575	575	level rise data; 24
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579	579	(B) include a description of strategies to 1
580	580	improve the climate resilience of existing facili-2
581	581	ties, land, and other relevant capital assets at 3
582	582	risk due to changes in the climate, including po-4
583	583	tential modifications to facility operations and 5
584	584	maintenance practices, and the cost of such 6
585	585	strategies; 7
586	586	(C) include an analysis of the current de-8
587	587	sign standards and building codes used by the 9
588	588	Department of Veterans Affairs to site, plan, 10
589	589	build, lease, renovate, and purchase land, facili-11
590	590	ties, infrastructure, and other capital assets of 12
591	591	the Department and whether those design 13
592	592	standards and building codes reflect both ob-14
593	593	served and forward-looking climate information; 15
594	594	(D) include an analysis of the effect of cli-16
595	595	mate change on energy usage, energy sources, 17
596	596	and utility systems of the Department and the 18
597	597	Department’s mitigation strategies; 19
598	598	(E) use, in consultation with the United 20
599	599	States Global Change Research Program, for-21
600	600	ward-looking climate information and other pro-22
601	601	jections to anticipate changing environmental 23
602	602	conditions during the design life of existing or 24
603	603	planned facilities, land, and other capital assets 25
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607	607	of the Department and make relevant decisions 1
608	608	and planning strategies based on this informa-2
609	609	tion; 3
610	610	(F) after consulting with the United States 4
611	611	Global Change Research Program and other 5
612	612	relevant Federal and non-Federal entities, in-6
613	613	clude recommendations for best practices, 7
614	614	standards, and solutions for future placement, 8
615	615	planning, renovation, leasing, purchase, con-9
616	616	struction, and disposal of facilities and land of 10
617	617	the Department so as to avoid or mitigate the 11
618	618	challenges resulting from placing a facility in 12
619	619	an area at risk of being vulnerable to harm 13
620	620	from the impacts of changing environmental 14
621	621	conditions; and 15
622	622	(G) assess how the Department can incor-16
623	623	porate climate resilience information into its 17
624	624	processes and procedures for capital asset in-18
625	625	vestment decisions. 19
626	626	(2) S
627	627	OURCES OF INFORMATION AND PROJEC -20
628	628	TIONS.—Sources of information and projections used 21
629	629	under paragraph (1)(E) may include the Bureau of 22
630	630	the Census (for population projections), the National 23
631	631	Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 24
632	632	(for land use change projections and climate projec-25
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636	636	tions), the United States Geological Survey (for land 1
637	637	use change projections), the United States Global 2
638	638	Change Research Program and the National Climate 3
639	639	Assessment (for climate observations and projec-4
640	640	tions), and such other sources as the Secretary con-5
641	641	siders reliable in consultation with the United States 6
642	642	Global Change Research Program. 7
643	643	(c) R
644	644	EPORTS.— 8
645	645	(1) M
646	646	ISSION CRITICAL ASSETS.—Not later than 9
647	647	540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 10
648	648	the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-11
649	649	mittees of Congress a report detailing the results of 12
650	650	the review conducted under subsection (a) with re-13
651	651	spect to mission critical capital assets of the Depart-14
652	652	ment and the actions the Secretary will take in re-15
653	653	sponse to the findings of such review. 16
654	654	(2) A
655	655	LL ASSETS.—Not later than one year after 17
656	656	the date on which the Secretary submits the report 18
657	657	under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 19
658	658	the appropriate committees of Congress a report de-20
659	659	tailing the results of the review conducted under 21
660	660	subsection (a) with respect to all capital assets of 22
661	661	the Department and the actions the Secretary will 23
662	662	take in response to the findings of such review. 24
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666	666	(3) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 1
667	667	paragraphs (1) and (2) shall include, with respect to 2
668	668	the assets covered by the respective report, the fol-3
669	669	lowing: 4
670	670	(A) Recommendations for legislative and 5
671	671	administrative action to mitigate and respond 6
672	672	to the findings contained in the review con-7
673	673	ducted under subsection (a). 8
674	674	(B) A description of action taken or to be 9
675	675	taken by the Secretary to improve the climate 10
676	676	resilience of existing facilities, land, infrastruc-11
677	677	ture and other relevant capital assets under the 12
678	678	jurisdiction or control of the Department. 13
679	679	(C) A description of changes in policy, di-14
680	680	rectives, and procedures of the Department to 15
681	681	mitigate, plan for, and improve resilience of fu-16
682	682	ture constructed, leased, or other facilities, 17
683	683	land, infrastructure, and other relevant capital 18
684	684	assets under the jurisdiction or control of the 19
685	685	Department. 20
686	686	(D) A description of how the Department 21
687	687	will incorporate climate resilience information 22
688	688	into its processes and procedures for capital 23
689	689	asset investment decisions. 24
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693	693	(E) A description of changes the Depart-1
694	694	ment will make to ensure the facilities, land, in-2
695	695	frastructure, and other relevant capital assets 3
696	696	of the Department are available to furnish care 4
697	697	and services under section 1785 of title 38, 5
698	698	United States Code, during or following a dis-6
699	699	aster or emergency. 7
700	700	(F) The estimated cost to implement the 8
701	701	changes described in the report. 9
702	702	(G) The estimated timeline to implement 10
703	703	the changes described in the report. 11
704	704	(H) Such other matters, recommendations, 12
705	705	or requests as the Secretary considers appro-13
706	706	priate, including recommendations for relevant 14
707	707	legislative or administrative action. 15
708	708	(4) U
709	709	PDATES.— 16
710	710	(A) I
711	711	N GENERAL.—Not later than five 17
712	712	years after the date on which the Secretary 18
713	713	submits the report under paragraph (2) and not 19
714	714	less frequently than once every five years there-20
715	715	after until the date that is 23 years after the 21
716	716	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22
717	717	shall submit to the appropriate committees of 23
718	718	Congress an update of the report submitted 24
719	719	under paragraph (2). 25
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723	723	(B) CONTENTS.—Each update submitted 1
724	724	under subparagraph (A) shall describe the ef-2
725	725	forts of the Department since the submittal of 3
726	726	the latest report or update, as the case may be, 4
727	727	relating to matters covered by the report and 5
728	728	such other matters as the Secretary considers 6
729	729	appropriate. 7
730	730	(d) C
731	731	LIMATERESILIENCEDEFINED.—In this sec-8
732	732	tion, the term ‘‘climate resilience’’ means— 9
733	733	(1) anticipating, preparing for, and adapting to 10
734	734	changing environmental conditions such as vari-11
735	735	ations in average weather conditions that persist 12
736	736	over multiple decades or longer that encompass in-13
737	737	creases and decreases in temperature, shifts in pre-14
738	738	cipitation, and changing risk of certain types of se-15
739	739	vere weather events; and 16
740	740	(2) the ability to withstand, respond to, and re-17
741	741	cover rapidly from disruptions while ensuring the 18
742	742	sustainment of mission-critical operations. 19
743	743	SEC. 202. STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPROVE PLANNING, MAN-20
744	744	AGEMENT, BUDGETING, STAFFING, CAPAC-21
745	745	ITY, AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT 22
746	746	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET AC-23
747	747	TIVITIES. 24
748	748	(a) I
749	749	NITIALSTRATEGICPLAN.— 25
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753	753	(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 1
754	754	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-2
755	755	retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appro-3
756	756	priate committees of Congress a strategic plan to 4
757	757	improve the planning, management, budgeting, staff-5
758	758	ing, capacity, and performance by the Department 6
759	759	of Veterans Affairs relating to capital assets. Such 7
760	760	strategic plan shall be known as the ‘‘Strategic Plan 8
761	761	to Improve VA’s Delivery and Management of Cap-9
762	762	ital Assets’’ (in this subsection referred to as the 10
763	763	‘‘Plan’’). 11
764	764	(2) S
765	765	TRUCTURE.—The Plan shall consist of not 12
766	766	fewer than two parts as set forth in this subsection. 13
767	767	(3) P
768	768	ART ONE.— 14
769	769	(A) I
770	770	N GENERAL.—Part one of the Plan 15
771	771	shall focus on the human capital needs for the 16
772	772	capital asset and related areas workforce of the 17
773	773	Department (in this subsection referred to as 18
774	774	‘‘Part One’’). 19
775	775	(B) E
776	776	LEMENTS.—Part One shall include 20
777	777	the following: 21
778	778	(i) A description of the steps being 22
779	779	taken by the Department, including by the 23
780	780	lead official designated under section 24
781	781	101(a)(3), and the steps that the Depart-25
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785	785	ment plans to take during the 10-year pe-1
786	786	riod following the date of the Plan, includ-2
787	787	ing a specific timeline, to ensure sufficient 3
788	788	capital asset personnel at the local, re-4
789	789	gional, and central office levels of the De-5
790	790	partment are available and prepared— 6
791	791	(I) to execute the current level of 7
792	792	capital asset work, including mainte-8
793	793	nance, delivery of new facilities, dis-9
794	794	posal, and reuse; 10
795	795	(II) to handle future capital asset 11
796	796	work described in subclause (I) during 12
797	797	such 10-year period; and 13
798	798	(III) to perform any other capital 14
799	799	asset activities as identified by the 15
800	800	Secretary. 16
801	801	(ii) A plan that addresses the needed 17
802	802	capital asset workforce of the Department 18
803	803	by— 19
804	804	(I) identifying and describing the 20
805	805	staffing needs and status of such 21
806	806	workforce, including— 22
807	807	(aa) the number of currently 23
808	808	authorized positions; 24
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812	812	(bb) the number of filled po-1
813	813	sitions of those positions author-2
814	814	ized; 3
815	815	(cc) the number of unfilled 4
816	816	positions of those positions au-5
817	817	thorized, including reasons why 6
818	818	those positions are not filled and 7
819	819	steps the Department is taking 8
820	820	to fill those positions; 9
821	821	(dd) the number of current 10
822	822	positions needed above the level 11
823	823	currently authorized; and 12
824	824	(ee) future needs, including 13
825	825	expected growth or reduction of 14
826	826	personnel, during the 10-year pe-15
827	827	riod following the date of the 16
828	828	Plan; 17
829	829	(II) providing the data under 18
830	830	subclause (I) at the Departmental 19
831	831	level, disaggregated by relevant divi-20
832	832	sions of the Department and by— 21
833	833	(aa) data for the Veterans 22
834	834	Health Administration, broken 23
835	835	out by field, Veterans Integrated 24
836	836	Service Network, and central of-25
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840	840	fice, including the Office of 1
841	841	Healthcare Environment and Fa-2
842	842	cilities Programs; 3
843	843	(bb) data for the Office of 4
844	844	Acquisition, Logistics, and Con-5
845	845	struction, broken out by field, re-6
846	846	gion, and central office; 7
847	847	(cc) data for the National 8
848	848	Cemetery Administration, broken 9
849	849	out by field, region, and central 10
850	850	office; 11
851	851	(dd) data for the Veterans 12
852	852	Benefits Administration, broken 13
853	853	out by field, region, and central 14
854	854	office; 15
855	855	(ee) data for the Office of 16
856	856	Asset Enterprise Management; 17
857	857	(ff) data for the Office of 18
858	858	Information and Technology, bro-19
859	859	ken out by field, region, and cen-20
860	860	tral office; and 21
861	861	(gg) data for all other of-22
862	862	fices of the Department not cov-23
863	863	ered under items (aa) through 24
864	864	(ff) that have capital asset staff 25
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868	868	or significant capital asset re-1
869	869	sponsibilities or are key enablers 2
870	870	and support functions for capital 3
871	871	asset management at the field, 4
872	872	regional, or central office level; 5
873	873	and 6
874	874	(III) including an estimate of the 7
875	875	funding required to accomplish filling 8
876	876	the unfilled and future positions speci-9
877	877	fied under subclause (I) during the 10
878	878	10-year period following the date of 11
879	879	the Plan. 12
880	880	(iii) A description of the efforts taken 13
881	881	and planned to be taken by the Depart-14
882	882	ment to recruit, retain, and develop the ex-15
883	883	isting and future capital asset workforce of 16
884	884	the Department. 17
885	885	(iv) A description of any changes 18
886	886	needed to the qualifications, standards, po-19
887	887	sition descriptions and other related mat-20
888	888	ters to ensure the qualification standards 21
889	889	of the workforce, including those resulting 22
890	890	from implementation of section 101(b)— 23
891	891	(I) match the needs of the De-24
892	892	partment; and 25
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896	896	(II) align where appropriate with 1
897	897	relevant Federal Government and in-2
898	898	dustry standards and best practices. 3
899	899	(v) A description of how the Depart-4
900	900	ment will coordinate the capital asset 5
901	901	human capital efforts of the Department 6
902	902	across the Veterans Health Administra-7
903	903	tion, the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 8
904	904	and Construction, the National Cemetery 9
905	905	Administration, the Veterans Benefits Ad-10
906	906	ministration, the Office of Asset Enterprise 11
907	907	Management, or similar successor offices, 12
908	908	and other entities of the Department so as 13
909	909	to leverage collective efforts, reduce unnec-14
910	910	essary duplication, and identify opportuni-15
911	911	ties for collaboration and efficiency. 16
912	912	(vi) With respect to a Department- 17
913	913	wide succession plan for leadership and 18
914	914	mission-critical occupations in the capital 19
915	915	asset workforce of the Department— 20
916	916	(I) if such a plan is not already 21
917	917	developed, a timeline for the develop-22
918	918	ment of such a plan; and 23
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922	922	(II) if such a plan is already de-1
923	923	veloped, the current implementation 2
924	924	status of such plan. 3
925	925	(vii) An assessment of different re-4
926	926	gional challenges in rural, suburban, and 5
927	927	urban areas to recruit and retain the nec-6
928	928	essary capital asset workforce of the De-7
929	929	partment and steps to be taken by the De-8
930	930	partment in response to such challenges. 9
931	931	(viii) With respect to the report pub-10
932	932	lished by the National Academies of 11
933	933	Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on 12
934	934	December 24, 2019, entitled ‘‘Facilities 13
935	935	Staffing Requirement for VHA-Resource 14
936	936	Planning and Methodology for the Fu-15
937	937	ture’’— 16
938	938	(I) a description of the rec-17
939	939	ommendations from the report that 18
940	940	have already implemented; 19
941	941	(II) a plan and timeline to imple-20
942	942	ment the recommendations from the 21
943	943	report that have not already been im-22
944	944	plemented and the Secretary plans to 23
945	945	implement; and 24
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949	949	(III) for each recommendation 1
950	950	from the report that has not already 2
951	951	been implemented and the Secretary 3
952	952	does not plan to implement, a descrip-4
953	953	tion of the recommendation and a jus-5
954	954	tification for the decision not to imple-6
955	955	ment the recommendation. 7
956	956	(ix) A description of how the Depart-8
957	957	ment will leverage, where appropriate and 9
958	958	relevant, contract support and partnerships 10
959	959	with other Federal agencies, nonprofit or-11
960	960	ganizations, and other entities to meet the 12
961	961	short-, medium-, and long-term human 13
962	962	capital needs for infrastructure to ensure 14
963	963	that the Department has the experience 15
964	964	and workforce needed to match the current 16
965	965	and future projected infrastructure work-17
966	966	load of the Department. 18
967	967	(x) A description of any improvements 19
968	968	to training or curriculum of the Depart-20
969	969	ment that are needed to enhance the edu-21
970	970	cation of the capital asset employees of the 22
971	971	Department to ensure they are as pro-23
972	972	ficient as possible in their jobs. 24
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976	976	(xi) A description of the status of the 1
977	977	implementation of the staffing model es-2
978	978	tablished under section 101(a)(4). 3
979	979	(xii) A description of such legislative 4
980	980	or administrative action as the Secretary 5
981	981	considers necessary to recruit, retain, and 6
982	982	develop a strong capital asset management 7
983	983	workforce. 8
984	984	(xiii) Such other matters as the Sec-9
985	985	retary considers necessary. 10
986	986	(C) S
987	987	TAFF COVERED BY STRATEGIC 11
988	988	PLAN.—Part One shall cover all relevant staff 12
989	989	required for the effective management of the 13
990	990	entire life-cycle of facilities, land, infrastruc-14
991	991	ture, and other relevant capital assets of the 15
992	992	Department, including the following: 16
993	993	(i) Individuals who keep facilities 17
994	994	clean, such as janitorial and housekeeping 18
995	995	staff and housekeeping aids. 19
996	996	(ii) Individuals who maintain facili-20
997	997	ties, such as through repairs and preventa-21
998	998	tive maintenance. 22
999	999	(iii) Groundskeepers. 23
1000	1000	(iv) Planners, engineers, and archi-24
1001	1001	tects. 25
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1005	1005	(v) Project managers. 1
1006	1006	(vi) Individuals with expertise in real 2
1007	1007	estate, acquisition, leasing, and easements. 3
1008	1008	(vii) Energy or utility experts, includ-4
1009	1009	ing experts with respect to energy effi-5
1010	1010	ciency and renewable energy. 6
1011	1011	(viii) Individuals who work in— 7
1012	1012	(I) capital asset management; 8
1013	1013	(II) healthcare architecture and 9
1014	1014	engineering; 10
1015	1015	(III) environmental management; 11
1016	1016	or 12
1017	1017	(IV) occupational safety and 13
1018	1018	health. 14
1019	1019	(ix) Individuals who conduct con-15
1020	1020	tracting, including contracting officers, re-16
1021	1021	lated to capital assets locally, regionally, or 17
1022	1022	nationally for all various types of construc-18
1023	1023	tion or infrastructure work, such as minor 19
1024	1024	construction, major construction, non-20
1025	1025	recurring maintenance, and leases. 21
1026	1026	(x) Individuals knowledgeable in rel-22
1027	1027	evant rules and procedures related to prop-23
1028	1028	erty disposal or transfer, environmental re-24
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1032	1032	mediation, historic preservation, and other 1
1033	1033	similar topics. 2
1034	1034	(xi) Relevant legal counsel and staff 3
1035	1035	of the Office of General Counsel needed to 4
1036	1036	perform relevant duties that occur 5
1037	1037	throughout the entire life-cycle of capital 6
1038	1038	asset management activities. 7
1039	1039	(xii) Any other position that has a 8
1040	1040	critical role, including supporting or ena-9
1041	1041	bling functions, in the planning, con-10
1042	1042	tracting, delivery, maintenance, upkeep, 11
1043	1043	and disposal of capital assets. 12
1044	1044	(xiii) Any other positions the Sec-13
1045	1045	retary determines relevant. 14
1046	1046	(4) P
1047	1047	ART TWO.— 15
1048	1048	(A) I
1049	1049	N GENERAL.—Part two of the Plan 16
1050	1050	shall cover the methods undertaken by the De-17
1051	1051	partment to accomplish changes to improve the 18
1052	1052	planning, execution, and delivery of capital 19
1053	1053	asset projects of the Department, such as main-20
1054	1054	tenance, renovations, land acquisition, disposal, 21
1055	1055	reuse, or new construction or leasing, including 22
1056	1056	through better planning, project management, 23
1057	1057	cost, and schedule performance (in this sub-24
1058	1058	section referred to as ‘‘Part Two’’). 25
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1062	1062	(B) ELEMENTS.—Part Two shall include 1
1063	1063	the following: 2
1064	1064	(i) A timeline for accomplishing the 3
1065	1065	changes described in subparagraph (A). 4
1066	1066	(ii) A description of the steps the De-5
1067	1067	partment is taking or plans to take to 6
1068	1068	shorten the time it takes from project con-7
1069	1069	cept to completion while controlling costs 8
1070	1070	and budget, and achieving established 9
1071	1071	goals. 10
1072	1072	(iii) A description of the steps the De-11
1073	1073	partment is taking or plans to take to in-12
1074	1074	crease the capacity and ability of the De-13
1075	1075	partment to complete a larger number of 14
1076	1076	projects in a given year. 15
1077	1077	(iv) A description of what new or 16
1078	1078	modified contracting or other services, ar-17
1079	1079	rangements, strategies, contract vehicles or 18
1080	1080	mechanisms, innovations, pilots, and part-19
1081	1081	nerships the Department is planning to use 20
1082	1082	during the five-year period following the 21
1083	1083	date of the Plan, including— 22
1084	1084	(I) a timeline of how and when 23
1085	1085	the Department will test and imple-24
1086	1086	ment those approaches; and 25
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1090	1090	(II) a description of any limita-1
1091	1091	tions under current law (including 2
1092	1092	regulations) that would prevent or are 3
1093	1093	preventing the Department from 4
1094	1094	using innovative contracting vehicles, 5
1095	1095	services, arrangements, administrative 6
1096	1096	action, or other agreements and strat-7
1097	1097	egies and what legislative changes are 8
1098	1098	needed to facilitate use of those ap-9
1099	1099	proaches, including a description of 10
1100	1100	whether each limitation is a limitation 11
1101	1101	for all Federal agencies or only for 12
1102	1102	the Department. 13
1103	1103	(v) A description of the costs incurred 14
1104	1104	or added to meet Federal or Department 15
1105	1105	standards, including those for resiliency, 16
1106	1106	accessibility, and other areas that are 17
1107	1107	needed and may be greater or more strin-18
1108	1108	gent than private industry standards. 19
1109	1109	(vi) A description of the steps the De-20
1110	1110	partment is taking or plans to take to im-21
1111	1111	prove capital project delivery by standard-22
1112	1112	izing facility design, modularizing facilities 23
1113	1113	components, and taking other steps to ac-24
1114	1114	celerate project delivery while maintaining 25
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1118	1118	flexibility, agility, and quality, including a 1
1119	1119	timeline for the completion of such steps. 2
1120	1120	(vii) A description of steps the De-3
1121	1121	partment is taking or plans to take to 4
1122	1122	make all of its relevant capital assets en-5
1123	1123	ergy efficient. 6
1124	1124	(viii) The steps the Secretary is tak-7
1125	1125	ing or plans to take to ensure the Office of 8
1126	1126	Information and Technology and the Office 9
1127	1127	of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction 10
1128	1128	of the Department, or similar successor of-11
1129	1129	fices, are integrated into all relevant as-12
1130	1130	pects of the capital asset planning and im-13
1131	1131	plementation process of the Department, 14
1132	1132	including at the earliest stage of every rel-15
1133	1133	evant capital asset project in the field so as 16
1134	1134	to improve communication, coordination, 17
1135	1135	and project scope, cost, and schedule. 18
1136	1136	(ix) A description of any other actions 19
1137	1137	the Department is taking or plans to take 20
1138	1138	to improve its delivery and management of 21
1139	1139	capital assets. 22
1140	1140	(x) A description of such legislative or 23
1141	1141	administrative action as the Secretary con-24
1142	1142	siders necessary to more effectively manage 25
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1146	1146	and deliver needed capital assets of the 1
1147	1147	Department. 2
1148	1148	(xi) Such other matters as the Sec-3
1149	1149	retary considers necessary. 4
1150	1150	(b) S
1151	1151	UBSEQUENTREPORTS.—Not later than three 5
1152	1152	years after the date on which the strategic plan required 6
1153	1153	by subsection (a) is submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 7
1154	1154	of such subsection, and once every three years thereafter 8
1155	1155	for a period of six years, the Secretary shall submit to 9
1156	1156	the appropriate committees of Congress a report includ-10
1157	1157	ing— 11
1158	1158	(1) a description of any changes with respect to 12
1159	1159	the matters described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 13
1160	1160	subsection (a) since the strategic plan was submitted 14
1161	1161	or the previous report was submitted under this sub-15
1162	1162	section, whichever may have been more recent; 16
1163	1163	(2) an explanation of which plans, actions, and 17
1164	1164	initiatives contained in the strategic plan or previous 18
1165	1165	report, as the case may be, were carried out; 19
1166	1166	(3) a list of plans, actions, and initiatives from 20
1167	1167	the strategic plan or previous report, as the case 21
1168	1168	may be, that were not carried out and the reasons 22
1169	1169	for such lack of action; 23
1170	1170	(4) a discussion of the results and performance 24
1171	1171	of the Department since the strategic plan or the 25
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1175	1175	previous report, as the case may be, including in 1
1176	1176	cost savings, faster project delivery, increased capac-2
1177	1177	ity to complete an increased number of projects in 3
1178	1178	a given year, and reduction in the number of 4
1179	1179	unaddressed priority capital asset improvements; 5
1180	1180	and 6
1181	1181	(5) such other matters as the Secretary con-7
1182	1182	siders necessary. 8
1183	1183	SEC. 203. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL ASSET 9
1184	1184	DISPOSAL AND REUSE AND ANNUAL REPORT 10
1185	1185	ON COMPLETION OF DISPOSAL AND REUSE 11
1186	1186	ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 12
1187	1187	AFFAIRS. 13
1188	1188	(a) C
1189	1189	ENTRALIZEDMANAGEMENT.— 14
1190	1190	(1) I
1191	1191	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 15
1192	1192	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
1193	1193	retary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the greatest ex-17
1194	1194	tent practicable, centralize and consolidate the man-18
1195	1195	agement and oversight of all disposal and reuse ac-19
1196	1196	tivities of the Department of Veterans Affairs within 20
1197	1197	one office or sub-office of the Department which 21
1198	1198	shall have the sole focus of property disposal, includ-22
1199	1199	ing reuse, transfer, and demolition. 23
1200	1200	(2) P
1201	1201	LANS AND GOALS.—The office or sub-of-24
1202	1202	fice described in paragraph (1) shall be focused on 25
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1206	1206	developing and implementing a measurable plan with 1
1207	1207	yearly goals to dispose of, reuse, or transfer relevant 2
1208	1208	capital assets. 3
1209	1209	(3) C
1210	1210	ONSOLIDATION OF FUNCTIONS AND EM -4
1211	1211	PLOYEES.—To the greatest extent practical, the Sec-5
1212	1212	retary shall consolidate the functions and employees 6
1213	1213	of the office or sub-office described in paragraph (1) 7
1214	1214	within one organization element of the Department 8
1215	1215	so as to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and ac-9
1216	1216	countability. 10
1217	1217	(4) D
1218	1218	ISPOSAL MANAGEMENT REPORT .— 11
1219	1219	(A) R
1220	1220	EPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 12
1221	1221	one year after the date of the enactment of this 13
1222	1222	Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-14
1223	1223	priate Committees of Congress a report on the 15
1224	1224	actions of the Secretary to carry out this sub-16
1225	1225	section. 17
1226	1226	(B) C
1227	1227	ONTENTS.—The report submitted 18
1228	1228	under subparagraph (A) shall include the fol-19
1229	1229	lowing: 20
1230	1230	(i) A description of whether and how 21
1231	1231	the consolidation has been carried out as 22
1232	1232	required by this subsection. 23
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1236	1236	(ii) Identification of the responsible 1
1237	1237	single official with oversight over all capital 2
1238	1238	asset disposals of the Department. 3
1239	1239	(iii) Observations or conclusions re-4
1240	1240	garding the challenges of managing capital 5
1241	1241	asset disposals of the Department. 6
1242	1242	(iv) Such recommendations for admin-7
1243	1243	istrative or legislative action as the Sec-8
1244	1244	retary may have to improve the organiza-9
1245	1245	tion and effectiveness of the capital asset 10
1246	1246	disposal work of the Department. 11
1247	1247	(b) I
1248	1248	NITIALDISPOSAL ANDREUSEPROGRESSRE-12
1249	1249	PORT.— 13
1250	1250	(1) R
1251	1251	EPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 14
1252	1252	include with the budget justification materials that 15
1253	1253	are submitted to Congress in support of the Depart-16
1254	1254	ment budget for the first fiscal year beginning after 17
1255	1255	the date of the enactment of this Act (as submitted 18
1256	1256	with the budget of the President for such fiscal year 19
1257	1257	under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 20
1258	1258	Code) a report containing a specific timeline to ac-21
1259	1259	complish the disposal and reuse actions the Sec-22
1260	1260	retary included in the disposal and reuse reports in-23
1261	1261	cluded in the annual budget of the Department of 24
1262	1262	Veterans Affairs submitted by the President under 25
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1266	1266	section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or 1
1267	1267	similar future reports. 2
1268	1268	(2) C
1269	1269	ONTENTS.—The report required by para-3
1270	1270	graph (1) shall include the following: 4
1271	1271	(A)(i) A description of a specific timeline 5
1272	1272	and plan to sell, reuse, dispose of, demolish, 6
1273	1273	transfer, or otherwise manage the capital as-7
1274	1274	sets, including individual structures and build-8
1275	1275	ings, that the Secretary has identified in the re-9
1276	1276	ports described in such paragraph in the next 10
1277	1277	fiscal year and over the next five fiscal years. 11
1278	1278	(ii) A description under clause (i) shall— 12
1279	1279	(I) indicate those disposal projects 13
1280	1280	that the Secretary believes have a business 14
1281	1281	case to conduct a disposal and those that 15
1282	1282	the Secretary believes lack a business case; 16
1283	1283	and 17
1284	1284	(II) include an explanation for such 18
1285	1285	reasoning. 19
1286	1286	(B) A list of any impediments or chal-20
1287	1287	lenges, on a project-by-project basis and in the 21
1288	1288	aggregate, to carrying out any action described 22
1289	1289	in subparagraph (A), including funding con-23
1290	1290	straints, environmental remediation and preser-24
1291	1291	vation mitigation and any need for administra-25
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1295	1295	tive or legislative action to address those im-1
1296	1296	pediments or challenges. 2
1297	1297	(C) A discussion of whether disposal and 3
1298	1298	reuse actions do not get completed or initiated 4
1299	1299	because they may compete for resources with 5
1300	1300	urgent health care delivery or other more time- 6
1301	1301	sensitive infrastructure or other operational 7
1302	1302	needs of the Department. 8
1303	1303	(D) A detailed cost estimate of the fund-9
1304	1304	ing, including funding type, needed to accom-10
1305	1305	plish all of the actions described in paragraph 11
1306	1306	(1), including the number of fiscal years for 12
1307	1307	which such funding is needed and an indication 13
1308	1308	of what funding for capital asset disposal and 14
1309	1309	reuse activities is included in the budget of the 15
1310	1310	President with which the report under such 16
1311	1311	paragraph is included. 17
1312	1312	(E) A discussion of whether the Depart-18
1313	1313	ment would benefit from having a distinct and 19
1314	1314	separate account within the budget of the De-20
1315	1315	partment dedicated to the management of the 21
1316	1316	disposal and reuse of these assets. 22
1317	1317	(F) The cost to maintain capital assets 23
1318	1318	waiting to be processed for disposal or reuse for 24
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1322	1322	the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by 1
1323	1323	project. 2
1324	1324	(G) Such other matters as the Secretary 3
1325	1325	considers appropriate. 4
1326	1326	(c) S
1327	1327	UBSEQUENTDISPOSAL ANDREUSEPROGRESS 5
1328	1328	R
1329	1329	EPORTS.— 6
1330	1330	(1) S
1331	1331	UBSEQUENT REPORTS REQUIRED .—For 7
1332	1332	the first fiscal year after the fiscal year referred to 8
1333	1333	in subsection (b)(1) and each fiscal year thereafter, 9
1334	1334	the Secretary shall include with the budget justifica-10
1335	1335	tion materials that are submitted to Congress in 11
1336	1336	support of the Department budget (as submitted 12
1337	1337	with the budget of the President for such fiscal year 13
1338	1338	under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 14
1339	1339	Code) a report on actions described in such sub-15
1340	1340	section. 16
1341	1341	(2) C
1342	1342	ONTENTS.—Each report required by para-17
1343	1343	graph (1) shall include the following: 18
1344	1344	(A) An update to the most recent report 19
1345	1345	under subsection (b) or this subsection, as ap-20
1346	1346	plicable, with respect to each of subparagraphs 21
1347	1347	(A) through (G) of paragraph (2) of such sub-22
1348	1348	section. 23
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1352	1352	(B) Information on how many disposal and 1
1353	1353	reuse actions from the previous year’s report 2
1354	1354	were accomplished or not accomplished. 3
1355	1355	(C) Information about what may have in-4
1356	1356	hibited the accomplishment of those actions de-5
1357	1357	scribed in subparagraph (B) that were not ac-6
1358	1358	complished. 7
1359	1359	(D) A description of best practices or les-8
1360	1360	sons learned with respect to actions described in 9
1361	1361	subsection (b)(1). 10
1362	1362	(E) Such other matters as the Secretary 11
1363	1363	considers appropriate and relevant. 12
1364	1364	SEC. 204. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO IMPROVE MINOR CON-13
1365	1365	STRUCTION PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 14
1366	1366	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 15
1367	1367	(a) R
1368	1368	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 16
1369	1369	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17
1370	1370	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-18
1371	1371	mittees of Congress a report on potential options and al-19
1372	1372	ternatives to improve, reform, and provide more flexibility 20
1373	1373	to the minor construction activities of the Department of 21
1374	1374	Veterans Affairs so as to increase effectiveness in com-22
1375	1375	mencing and delivering minor construction capital asset 23
1376	1376	projects. 24
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1380	1380	(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub-1
1381	1381	section (a) shall include the following: 2
1382	1382	(1) A discussion regarding legislative or admin-3
1383	1383	istrative action to define the term ‘‘minor construc-4
1384	1384	tion’’ for purposes of Department budgeting and ac-5
1385	1385	counting by using an automatic adjustment of the 6
1386	1386	threshold using— 7
1387	1387	(A) an index to adjust for inflation; and 8
1388	1388	(B) another index to adjust for regional 9
1389	1389	variations and trends in the cost of construc-10
1390	1390	tion. 11
1391	1391	(2) A discussion of whether the practice of the 12
1392	1392	Department entering into multiple minor construc-13
1393	1393	tion projects rather than one larger major construc-14
1394	1394	tion project is an efficient best practice for delivery 15
1395	1395	of capital asset projects. 16
1396	1396	(3) A discussion of whether the Department 17
1397	1397	should adopt any best practices of other Federal 18
1398	1398	agencies or non-Federal entities for its minor con-19
1399	1399	struction capital asset projects. 20
1400	1400	(4) Such other suggestions for legislative or ad-21
1401	1401	ministrative action as the Secretary may have with 22
1402	1402	respect to the management, including project thresh-23
1403	1403	olds, of minor construction capital asset projects. 24
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1407	1407	(5) Such other matters as the Secretary con-1
1408	1408	siders appropriate. 2
1409	1409	(c) D
1410	1410	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
1411	1411	(1) M
1412	1412	AJOR CONSTRUCTION .—The term ‘‘major 4
1413	1413	construction’’ means capital project to construct, 5
1414	1414	alter, extend, or improve any facility that involves a 6
1415	1415	total expenditure of more than $20,000,000, includ-7
1416	1416	ing a major medical facility project (as defined in 8
1417	1417	section 8104(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code). 9
1418	1418	(2) M
1419	1419	INOR CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘minor 10
1420	1420	construction’’ means a capital project to construct, 11
1421	1421	alter, extend, or improve any facility that involves a 12
1422	1422	total expenditure of $20,000,000 or less. 13
1423	1423	SEC. 205. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO ALIGNMENT OF 14
1424	1424	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND 15
1425	1425	ACTIVATION OF MEDICAL AND OTHER SPACE 16
1426	1426	OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 17
1427	1427	(a) R
1428	1428	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 18
1429	1429	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 19
1430	1430	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-20
1431	1431	mittees of Congress a report on any potential improve-21
1432	1432	ments to the alignment of funding of the Department of 22
1433	1433	Veterans Affairs for information technology so as to facili-23
1434	1434	tate more effective and efficient activation of medical and 24
1435	1435	other relevant space of the Department. 25
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1439	1439	(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
1440	1440	(a) shall include the following: 2
1441	1441	(1) A description of any current limitations on 3
1442	1442	funding mechanisms, including the timing and se-4
1443	1443	quencing of information technology and health care 5
1444	1444	resources that are needed to purchase, procure, and 6
1445	1445	install information technology equipment and related 7
1446	1446	information technology assets and services needed 8
1447	1447	for the activation of medical and other relevant 9
1448	1448	space of the Department, whether leased, owned, or 10
1449	1449	otherwise under the jurisdiction of the Department. 11
1450	1450	(2) Any proposed solutions the Secretary may 12
1451	1451	have to address the limitations described in para-13
1452	1452	graph (1). 14
1453	1453	(3) Any legislative or administrative action re-15
1454	1454	quired to achieve the solutions described in para-16
1455	1455	graph (2). 17
1456	1456	(4) Such other matters as the Secretary con-18
1457	1457	siders appropriate. 19
1458	1458	SEC. 206. REPORTS ON KEY CAPITAL ASSET INVESTMENTS, 20
1459	1459	ACTIVITIES, AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPART-21
1460	1460	MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 22
1461	1461	(a) I
1462	1462	NGENERAL.—Section 8120 of title 38, United 23
1463	1463	States Code, is amended to read as follows: 24
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1467	1467	‘‘§ 8120. Reports on key capital asset investments, ac-1
1468	1468	tivities, and performance 2
1469	1469	‘‘(a) C
1470	1470	APITALASSETINVESTMENT, ACTIVITIES, AND 3
1471	1471	P
1472	1472	ERFORMANCE.— 4
1473	1473	‘‘(1) I
1474	1474	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 5
1475	1475	after the end of each fiscal year, and every 60 days 6
1476	1476	thereafter until the end of that fiscal year, the Sec-7
1477	1477	retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 8
1478	1478	Congress a report on key capital asset investments, 9
1479	1479	activities, and performance of the Department. 10
1480	1480	‘‘(2) E
1481	1481	LEMENTS.— 11
1482	1482	‘‘(A) F
1483	1483	IRST REPORT IN EACH FISCAL 12
1484	1484	YEAR.—The first report under paragraph (1) in 13
1485	1485	each fiscal year shall include the following: 14
1486	1486	‘‘(i) A brief summary of each capital 15
1487	1487	asset project that was completed in the 16
1488	1488	previous fiscal year. 17
1489	1489	‘‘(ii) A brief summary of the accom-18
1490	1490	plishments, impediments, and challenges 19
1491	1491	experienced by the Department with re-20
1492	1492	spect to capital asset projects in the pre-21
1493	1493	vious fiscal year and a description of ef-22
1494	1494	forts made to address any such impedi-23
1495	1495	ments and challenges. 24
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1499	1499	‘‘(iii) With respect to each capital 1
1500	1500	asset project completed in such year, the 2
1501	1501	following: 3
1502	1502	‘‘(I) The type of project (major 4
1503	1503	construction, minor construction, non- 5
1504	1504	recurring maintenance, leases, or 6
1505	1505	other category, including disposals). 7
1506	1506	‘‘(II) The estimated total cost 8
1507	1507	and the actual total cost of the 9
1508	1508	project. 10
1509	1509	‘‘(III) A description of the 11
1510	1510	project. 12
1511	1511	‘‘(IV) The location and facility 13
1512	1512	with respect to which the project was 14
1513	1513	carried out. 15
1514	1514	‘‘(V) The fiscal quarter the 16
1515	1515	project was expected to begin, the fis-17
1516	1516	cal quarter the project began, the 18
1517	1517	month and year the project was com-19
1518	1518	pleted, and the fiscal quarter the facil-20
1519	1519	ity in connection to such project was 21
1520	1520	in use by veterans, employees of the 22
1521	1521	Department, or other relevant users, 23
1522	1522	as the case may be. 24
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1526	1526	‘‘(iv) In the case of any capital asset 1
1527	1527	project completed during the previous fis-2
1528	1528	cal year with respect to which the final 3
1529	1529	cost of the project (or any increment of the 4
1530	1530	project) was more than 10 percent greater 5
1531	1531	than the estimated cost of the project (or 6
1532	1532	increment) or the completion of such 7
1533	1533	project (or increment) was more than 180 8
1534	1534	days later than the planned schedule for 9
1535	1535	such project (or increment)— 10
1536	1536	‘‘(I) the reason for any such 11
1537	1537	overage or delay; and 12
1538	1538	‘‘(II) actions being taken to pre-13
1539	1539	vent any such overage or delay in fu-14
1540	1540	ture projects. 15
1541	1541	‘‘(v) A list of any capital asset 16
1542	1542	projects cancelled during the previous fis-17
1543	1543	cal year, including any projects in the de-18
1544	1544	sign phase and including the reason for the 19
1545	1545	cancellation. 20
1546	1546	‘‘(vi) A summary of total actual obli-21
1547	1547	gations for capital asset projects for the 22
1548	1548	previous fiscal year, broken out by major 23
1549	1549	construction, minor construction, non-re-24
1550	1550	curring maintenance, and leases, from the 25
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1554	1554	medical facilities appropriation account of 1
1555	1555	the Department. 2
1556	1556	‘‘(vii) A projected list of capital asset 3
1557	1557	projects, broken out by type of project 4
1558	1558	under subclause (I), that are expected to 5
1559	1559	be initiated during the current fiscal year 6
1560	1560	and those that are expected to be com-7
1561	1561	pleted during the current fiscal year, which 8
1562	1562	shall include the following: 9
1563	1563	‘‘(I) The type of project (major 10
1564	1564	construction, minor construction, non- 11
1565	1565	recurring maintenance, leases, or 12
1566	1566	other category, including disposals). 13
1567	1567	‘‘(II) The estimated total cost of 14
1568	1568	the project. 15
1569	1569	‘‘(III) A description of the 16
1570	1570	project. 17
1571	1571	‘‘(IV) The location and facility 18
1572	1572	with respect to which the project was 19
1573	1573	carried out or is expected to be car-20
1574	1574	ried out. 21
1575	1575	‘‘(V) The fiscal quarter the 22
1576	1576	project is expected to begin, the fiscal 23
1577	1577	quarter the project is expected to be 24
1578	1578	completed, and the fiscal quarter the 25
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1582	1582	facility in connection to such project 1
1583	1583	is expected to be in use by veterans, 2
1584	1584	employees of the Department, or other 3
1585	1585	relevant users, as the case may be. 4
1586	1586	‘‘(viii) Projected total obligations for 5
1587	1587	capital asset projects for the current fiscal 6
1588	1588	year, broken out by major construction, 7
1589	1589	minor construction, non-recurring mainte-8
1590	1590	nance, and leases, from the medical facili-9
1591	1591	ties appropriation account of the Depart-10
1592	1592	ment. 11
1593	1593	‘‘(ix) Such observations of best prac-12
1594	1594	tices, impediments, and accomplishments 13
1595	1595	related to the capital asset management 14
1596	1596	and performance of the Department, in-15
1597	1597	cluding any legislative or administrative 16
1598	1598	action, as the Secretary considers appro-17
1599	1599	priate with respect to such practices, im-18
1600	1600	pediments, and accomplishments. 19
1601	1601	‘‘(x) Meaningful metrics that show the 20
1602	1602	progress of the Department toward meet-21
1603	1603	ing relevant goals of the Department relat-22
1604	1604	ing to capital asset management. 23
1605	1605	‘‘(xi) Such other matters as the Sec-24
1606	1606	retary considers appropriate. 25
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1610	1610	‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS .—Each re-1
1611	1611	port in a fiscal year after the first report shall 2
1612	1612	include, at a minimum, relevant updates on any 3
1613	1613	capital asset projects that are ongoing during 4
1614	1614	that fiscal year, including any updates to infor-5
1615	1615	mation provided with respect to such projects 6
1616	1616	under subparagraph (A). 7
1617	1617	‘‘(C) M
1618	1618	ETRICS.—Beginning not later than 8
1619	1619	two years after the date of the enactment of the 9
1620	1620	BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023, the metrics 10
1621	1621	described in subparagraph (A)(x) shall include 11
1622	1622	the metrics developed under section 102(a)(1) 12
1623	1623	of such Act. 13
1624	1624	‘‘(3) M
1625	1625	ATTERS RELATING TO REPORTING 14
1626	1626	COSTS.—In each report under paragraph (1), when 15
1627	1627	reporting on costs for capital asset projects, the Sec-16
1628	1628	retary may include information regarding Federal 17
1629	1629	requirements, including those specific to the Depart-18
1630	1630	ment, that may not exist in the non-Federal con-19
1631	1631	struction sector that may increase costs for capital 20
1632	1632	asset projects. 21
1633	1633	‘‘(b) S
1634	1634	UPERCONSTRUCTIONPROJECTS.— 22
1635	1635	‘‘(1) I
1636	1636	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 23
1637	1637	after the end of each fiscal year, and every 60 days 24
1638	1638	thereafter until the end of that fiscal year, the Sec-25
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1642	1642	retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 1
1643	1643	Congress a report on the super construction projects 2
1644	1644	carried out by the appropriate non-Department Fed-3
1645	1645	eral entity described in section 8103(e)(1) of this 4
1646	1646	title during such year. 5
1647	1647	‘‘(2) E
1648	1648	LEMENTS.—Each report required under 6
1649	1649	paragraph (1) shall include, for each project de-7
1650	1650	scribed in such paragraph— 8
1651	1651	‘‘(A) the budgetary and scheduling status 9
1652	1652	of the project, as of the last day of the most re-10
1653	1653	cent fiscal quarter ending before the date on 11
1654	1654	which the report is required to be submitted; 12
1655	1655	and 13
1656	1656	‘‘(B) the actual cost and schedule 14
1657	1657	variances of the project, as of such day, com-15
1658	1658	pared to the planned cost and schedules for the 16
1659	1659	project. 17
1660	1660	‘‘(c) D
1661	1661	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
1662	1662	‘‘(1) A
1663	1663	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -19
1664	1664	GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-20
1665	1665	gress’ means— 21
1666	1666	‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 22
1667	1667	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-23
1668	1668	ate; and 24
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1672	1672	‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 1
1673	1673	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 2
1674	1674	House of Representatives. 3
1675	1675	‘‘(2) C
1676	1676	APITAL ASSET PROJECT.—The term ‘cap-4
1677	1677	ital asset project’ means a capital asset investment 5
1678	1678	or activity of the Department. 6
1679	1679	‘‘(3) S
1680	1680	UPER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT .—The 7
1681	1681	term ‘super construction project’ has the meaning 8
1682	1682	given such term in section 8103(e)(3) of this title.’’. 9
1683	1683	(b) C
1684	1684	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 10
1685	1685	at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 38, 11
1686	1686	United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-12
1687	1687	ing to section 8120 and inserting the following new item: 13
1688	1688	‘‘8120. Reports on key capital asset investments, activities, and performance.’’.
1689	1689	SEC. 207. REPORTS ON PROJECTED NEED FOR FUNDING
1690	1690	14
1691	1691	FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL ASSETS 15
1692	1692	OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 16
1693	1693	(a) I
1694	1694	NITIALREPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 17
1695	1695	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 18
1696	1696	Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate commit-19
1697	1697	tees of Congress a report summarizing the projected 20
1698	1698	amount of funding for infrastructure and capital assets 21
1699	1699	that the Department of Veterans Affairs will need for the 22
1700	1700	10 fiscal years that begin immediately following such date. 23
1701	1701	(b) S
1702	1702	UBSEQUENTREPORTS.—The Secretary shall in-24
1703	1703	clude in the annual budget of the Department submitted 25
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1707	1707	by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 1
1708	1708	States Code, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 2
1709	1709	thereafter a report described in subsection (a) relating to 3
1710	1710	the 10 fiscal years that begin immediately following the 4
1711	1711	date on which such budget is submitted. 5
1712	1712	(c) E
1713	1713	LEMENTS.—Each report required by this section 6
1714	1714	shall include, for each fiscal year covered by the report 7
1715	1715	and for the entire period covered by the report, the fol-8
1716	1716	lowing: 9
1717	1717	(1) The projected funding needs of the Depart-10
1718	1718	ment disaggregated by funding purpose, including 11
1719	1719	the following: 12
1720	1720	(A) Land acquisition. 13
1721	1721	(B) Operations and maintenance of facili-14
1722	1722	ties of the existing capital asset portfolio of the 15
1723	1723	Department to include the minimum level of 16
1724	1724	funding below which facilities could not be ap-17
1725	1725	propriately maintained. 18
1726	1726	(C) Operations and maintenance of the 19
1727	1727	planned future capital asset portfolio of the De-20
1728	1728	partment. 21
1729	1729	(D) New construction, by type, including 22
1730	1730	major construction, minor construction, and 23
1731	1731	nonrecurring maintenance. 24
1732	1732	(E) Leasing. 25
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1736	1736	(F) Activation of space. 1
1737	1737	(G) Disposal, reuse, and remediation. 2
1738	1738	(H) Staffing to support the planning, de-3
1739	1739	livery, management, and maintenance of the 4
1740	1740	Department’s current and future capital asset 5
1741	1741	portfolio. 6
1742	1742	(I) Such other categories as the Secretary 7
1743	1743	deems relevant. 8
1744	1744	(2) The projected funding needs under para-9
1745	1745	graph (1) disaggregated by— 10
1746	1746	(A) not fewer than five major components 11
1747	1747	of the Department that use infrastructure re-12
1748	1748	sources, including the Veterans Health Admin-13
1749	1749	istration, the National Cemetery Administra-14
1750	1750	tion, the Veterans Benefits Administration, the 15
1751	1751	Office of Information and Technology, and all 16
1752	1752	other staff offices of the Department; and 17
1753	1753	(B) type of capital asset investment. 18
1754	1754	(3) A description of the cost increases which 19
1755	1755	may or have been incurred because of the delay in 20
1756	1756	adequate, stable, and predictable funding and for-21
1757	1757	ward movement on capital asset projects. Such de-22
1758	1758	scription may include a discussion of the negative ef-23
1759	1759	fect of the lack of stable and predictable capital 24
1760	1760	asset funding on the ability of the Department to 25
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1764	1764	plan, staff, and execute effective capital asset man-1
1765	1765	agement. 2
1766	1766	(4) A complete list of capital asset projects (re-3
1767	1767	gardless of size or type) for which all relevant pre-4
1768	1768	paratory work has been conducted and whose key 5
1769	1769	limiting factor in commencing is lack of sufficient 6
1770	1770	funds. 7
1771	1771	(5) Such other matters as the Secretary con-8
1772	1772	siders appropriate, including matters relating to nec-9
1773	1773	essary legislative or administrative action. 10
1774	1774	SEC. 208. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 11
1775	1775	VETERANS AFFAIRS REPORTS ON DEPART-12
1776	1776	MENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 13
1777	1777	(a) I
1778	1778	NGENERAL.—Not later than three years after 14
1779	1779	the date of the enactment of this Act, and at least twice 15
1780	1780	during the six-year period beginning on the date that is 16
1781	1781	three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 17
1782	1782	the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Af-18
1783	1783	fairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-19
1784	1784	gress a report examining the management and perform-20
1785	1785	ance of relevant capital asset projects of the Department. 21
1786	1786	(b) S
1787	1787	AMPLEPROJECTS.—The Inspector General shall 22
1788	1788	select meaningful and representative samples of categories 23
1789	1789	of projects and project management efforts for review, in-24
1790	1790	cluding those that were initiated before the date of the 25
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1794	1794	enactment of this Act and those that were initiated on or 1
1795	1795	after the date of the enactment of this Act, such as major 2
1796	1796	construction, minor construction, nonrecurring mainte-3
1797	1797	nance, major and minor leases, land acquisition, and dis-4
1798	1798	posals. 5
1799	1799	(c) E
1800	1800	LEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-6
1801	1801	section (a) may include, at the discretion of the Inspector 7
1802	1802	General, the following: 8
1803	1803	(1) A comparison of planned versus actual cost, 9
1804	1804	schedule, and scope metrics. 10
1805	1805	(2) Improvements or lack thereof to capital 11
1806	1806	asset project management, including staffing, at the 12
1807	1807	local, regional, or national levels. 13
1808	1808	(3) Observations on key characteristics inhib-14
1809	1809	iting successful delivery of projects or allowing for 15
1810	1810	successful delivery of projects. 16
1811	1811	(4) Identification of areas of waste, fraud, and 17
1812	1812	abuse, if any. 18
1813	1813	(5) Such other matters as the Inspector Gen-19
1814	1814	eral considers appropriate. 20
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1818	1818	SEC. 209. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS ON CAPITAL 1
1819	1819	ASSET PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND EXECU-2
1820	1820	TION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-3
1821	1821	FAIRS. 4
1822	1822	(a) I
1823	1823	NGENERAL.—Not later than three years after 5
1824	1824	the date of the enactment of this Act and not less fre-6
1825	1825	quently than once every three years thereafter until the 7
1826	1826	date that is 9 years after the date of the enactment of 8
1827	1827	this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 9
1828	1828	shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 10
1829	1829	a report reviewing the progress of the Department of Vet-11
1830	1830	erans Affairs toward meeting the goals, metrics, and other 12
1831	1831	plans of the Department under this Act, particularly 13
1832	1832	under sections 101, 102, and 202. 14
1833	1833	(b) E
1834	1834	LEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 15
1835	1835	(a) may include the following: 16
1836	1836	(1) A review of the performance of the Depart-17
1837	1837	ment related to planning, oversight, management of 18
1838	1838	human capital, contracting, and execution of capital 19
1839	1839	asset projects. 20
1840	1840	(2) A review of how the Department is com-21
1841	1841	plying with the requirements of this Act. 22
1842	1842	(3) Such other topics as the Comptroller Gen-23
1843	1843	eral considers appropriate. 24
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1847	1847	SEC. 210. REPORT ON DENTAL CARE PHYSICAL INFRA-1
1848	1848	STRUCTURE NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT OF 2
1849	1849	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 3
1850	1850	Not later than one year after the date of the enact-4
1851	1851	ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 5
1852	1852	submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-6
1853	1853	port, disaggregated by medical center or other relevant 7
1854	1854	health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 8
1855	1855	on— 9
1856	1856	(1) the physical infrastructure needed (such as 10
1857	1857	new facilities, renovations, remodels, leases, or other 11
1858	1858	infrastructure) to provide dental services to veterans 12
1859	1859	eligible for such services under the laws adminis-13
1860	1860	tered by the Secretary; and 14
1861	1861	(2) the project-by-project cost and total cost to 15
1862	1862	establish the physical infrastructure specified under 16
1863	1863	paragraph (1) and an estimated timeline to complete 17
1864	1864	such projects upon receipt of appropriate funding. 18
1865	1865	SEC. 211. REPORT ON LONG-TERM CARE PHYSICAL INFRA-19
1866	1866	STRUCTURE NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT OF 20
1867	1867	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21
1868	1868	(a) I
1869	1869	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 22
1870	1870	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-23
1871	1871	erans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees 24
1872	1872	of Congress a report, disaggregated by medical center or 25
1873	1873	other relevant health care facility of the Department of 26
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1877	1877	Veterans Affairs, identifying the physical infrastructure 1
1878	1878	needs of the Department to support current and future 2
1879	1879	anticipated long-term care needs and models of care for 3
1880	1880	veterans, including— 4
1881	1881	(1) infrastructure needed to support the deliv-5
1882	1882	ery of long-term care for women veterans, veterans 6
1883	1883	with spinal cord injuries and diseases, veterans with 7
1884	1884	traumatic brain injury, veterans with unique behav-8
1885	1885	ioral health needs, veterans with memory loss, and 9
1886	1886	other population groups with unique needs or pro-10
1887	1887	jected future needs; 11
1888	1888	(2) information regarding the plans of the De-12
1889	1889	partment to provide such care as the Department 13
1890	1890	builds internal capacity but space is not yet available 14
1891	1891	to meet the demand for such care; and 15
1892	1892	(3) with respect to any projects needed to pro-16
1893	1893	vide the infrastructure specified under paragraph 17
1894	1894	(1)— 18
1895	1895	(A) the estimated individual project cost 19
1896	1896	and total cost to accomplish those projects; and 20
1897	1897	(B) the estimated individual project 21
1898	1898	timeline to accomplish each such project upon 22
1899	1899	receipt of appropriate funding. 23
1900	1900	(b) I
1901	1901	NCLUSION OF INFORMATION REGARDING 24
1902	1902	P
1903	1903	RIORITIZATION OFCERTAINPROJECTS.—The Secretary 25
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1907	1907	shall include in the report required under subsection (a) 1
1908	1908	information regarding how the infrastructure 2
1909	1909	prioritization processes of the Department, such as the 3
1910	1910	Strategic Capital Investment Planning process, or suc-4
1911	1911	cessor process, could be modified to include higher 5
1912	1912	prioritization of projects that support the provision of a 6
1913	1913	health care service that is not widely available, or is not 7
1914	1914	available in compliance with appropriate quality or access 8
1915	1915	standards, from non-Department providers. 9
1916	1916	(c) D
1917	1917	EVELOPMENT OF REPORT.—In developing the 10
1918	1918	report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 11
1919	1919	consult with relevant regional and national program of-12
1920	1920	fices of the Veterans Health Administration with responsi-13
1921	1921	bility to manage the various health care services covered 14
1922	1922	by the report, including long-term care and care relating 15
1923	1923	to spinal cord injuries and diseases, to ensure that the 16
1924	1924	report contains a holistic, comprehensive, and integrated 17
1925	1925	plan to address the capital asset and other space needs 18
1926	1926	for the population of veterans who require those services. 19
1927	1927	(d) I
1928	1928	NDICATION OFTYPES OFPROJECTS.—In the re-20
1929	1929	port required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall in-21
1930	1930	dicate the projects that can be most efficiently and effec-22
1931	1931	tively accomplished through smaller individual infrastruc-23
1932	1932	ture projects or through a larger medical facility replace-24
1933	1933	ment or new site of care, as determined by the Secretary. 25
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1937	1937	SEC. 212. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF 1
1938	1938	USING A DEDICATED BUDGET ACCOUNT FOR 2
1939	1939	MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL ASSETS OF DE-3
1940	1940	PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
1941	1941	(a) R
1942	1942	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 5
1943	1943	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
1944	1944	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-7
1945	1945	mittees of Congress a report on the feasibility and advis-8
1946	1946	ability of requesting that Congress create a dedicated 9
1947	1947	budget account from which the Department of Veterans 10
1948	1948	Affairs would request funds, based on relevant method-11
1949	1949	ology, formulas and percentages tied to the existing and 12
1950	1950	future capital asset needs of the Department, and if such 13
1951	1951	funds are provided, draw upon to pay for maintenance, 14
1952	1952	preventative maintenance, and repair of the capital assets 15
1953	1953	of the Department. 16
1954	1954	(b) C
1955	1955	ONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 17
1956	1956	(a) shall include the following: 18
1957	1957	(1) The best practices used by the Department, 19
1958	1958	drawing from the Federal Government, State and 20
1959	1959	local governments, nonprofit organizations, private 21
1960	1960	industry, and other appropriate entities, relating to 22
1961	1961	stable and consistent planning and budgeting for 23
1962	1962	capital asset maintenance. 24
1963	1963	(2) Relevant formulas and percentages that the 25
1964	1964	Department currently uses to identify the resources 26
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1968	1968	required for capital asset maintenance or could use 1
1969	1969	to dedicate or segment off funds to pay for needed 2
1970	1970	and expected maintenance costs based on the size, 3
1971	1971	need, complexity, and other requirements of the cap-4
1972	1972	ital asset portfolio of the Department. 5
1973	1973	(3) Such other information as the Secretary 6
1974	1974	considers appropriate. 7
1975	1975	SEC. 213. REPORT ON WOMEN VETERANS RETROFIT INITIA-8
1976	1976	TIVE. 9
1977	1977	Section 5102 of the Deborah Sampson Act of 2020 10
1978	1978	(title V of Public Law 116–315; 38 U.S.C. 8110 note) 11
1979	1979	is amended— 12
1980	1980	(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-13
1981	1981	section (d); and 14
1982	1982	(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-15
1983	1983	lowing new subsection (c): 16
1984	1984	‘‘(c) R
1985	1985	EPORT ONPROJECTS.— 17
1986	1986	‘‘(1) I
1987	1987	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 18
1988	1988	after the date of the enactment of the BUILD for 19
1989	1989	Veterans Act of 2023, the Secretary shall submit to 20
1990	1990	the appropriate committees of Congress a report 21
1991	1991	containing— 22
1992	1992	‘‘(A) an identification of the funding re-23
1993	1993	quested and the funding provided to the De-24
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1997	1997	partment for retrofitting prioritized under sub-1
1998	1998	section (a) as of the date of the report; 2
1999	1999	‘‘(B) a list of projects conducted with such 3
2000	2000	funding as of such date, including— 4
2001	2001	‘‘(i) amounts obligated for each such 5
2002	2002	project; 6
2003	2003	‘‘(ii) the locations of each such 7
2004	2004	project; 8
2005	2005	‘‘(iii) a short description of each such 9
2006	2006	project; and 10
2007	2007	‘‘(iv) the status of each such project, 11
2008	2008	including an estimated timeline to complete 12
2009	2009	the project; and 13
2010	2010	‘‘(C) a list of projects for retrofitting 14
2011	2011	prioritized under subsection (a) as of such date 15
2012	2012	that remain unfunded as of such date, includ-16
2013	2013	ing— 17
2014	2014	‘‘(i) the estimated funding required 18
2015	2015	for those projects to be completed, on a 19
2016	2016	project-by-project basis; and 20
2017	2017	‘‘(ii) an estimated timeline to complete 21
2018	2018	each such project if necessary funding and 22
2019	2019	other resources are provided. 23
2020	2020	‘‘(2) U
2021	2021	PDATES.—Not later than one year after 24
2022	2022	the submittal of the report under paragraph (1), and 25
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2026	2026	annually thereafter until the earlier of the date that 1
2027	2027	is 10 years after the submittal of such report or the 2
2028	2028	date on which all projects listed under subpara-3
2029	2029	graphs (B) and (C) of such paragraph have been 4
2030	2030	completed, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-5
2031	2031	priate committees of Congress a report on— 6
2032	2032	‘‘(A) the progress made by the Secretary 7
2033	2033	in completing such projects; and 8
2034	2034	‘‘(B) an identification of the funding re-9
2035	2035	quested and the funding provided to the De-10
2036	2036	partment to complete such projects. 11
2037	2037	‘‘(3) A
2038	2038	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -12
2039	2039	GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 13
2040	2040	committees of Congress’ means— 14
2041	2041	‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 15
2042	2042	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-16
2043	2043	ate; and 17
2044	2044	‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 18
2045	2045	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 19
2046	2046	House of Representatives.’’. 20
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2050	2050	SEC. 214. REPORT ON CAPITAL ASSET AND INFORMATION 1
2051	2051	TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF THE RESEARCH AND 2
2052	2052	DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT 3
2053	2053	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
2054	2054	(a) R
2055	2055	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 5
2056	2056	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
2057	2057	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on 7
2058	2058	the capital asset and information technology needs of the 8
2059	2059	research and development program of the Department of 9
2060	2060	Veterans Affairs. 10
2061	2061	(b) C
2062	2062	ONTENTS.— 11
2063	2063	(1) I
2064	2064	N GENERAL.—The report required by sub-12
2065	2065	section (a) shall include the following: 13
2066	2066	(A) A comprehensive summary of new fa-14
2067	2067	cilities, renovations of existing facilities, leasing 15
2068	2068	of facilities and any other such facilities or 16
2069	2069	physical infrastructure the Department requires 17
2070	2070	to effectively perform its research and develop-18
2071	2071	ment functions, including projected functions. 19
2072	2072	(B) Detailed information on the informa-20
2073	2073	tion technology resources, projects, equipment, 21
2074	2074	and related information technology needs, 22
2075	2075	disaggregated by type of information technology 23
2076	2076	funding categories, such as development or op-24
2077	2077	erations and maintenance, the Department re-25
2078	2078	quires in order to make the research and devel-26
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2082	2082	opment program and activities of the Depart-1
2083	2083	ment functional and high performing in the 2
2084	2084	short, medium, and long term, and those need-3
2085	2085	ed to enable employees of the Department to 4
2086	2086	perform their research and development in an 5
2087	2087	effective and efficient manner. 6
2088	2088	(C) Such matters as the Secretary deems 7
2089	2089	relevant to maintain and further improve and 8
2090	2090	advance the research and development functions 9
2091	2091	of the Department through improved capital 10
2092	2092	asset and information technology support. 11
2093	2093	(2) R
2094	2094	EQUIREMENTS.— 12
2095	2095	(A) F
2096	2096	ACILITIES.— 13
2097	2097	(i) S
2098	2098	UMMARIES BY PROJECT .—In pro-14
2099	2099	viding information under paragraph 15
2100	2100	(1)(A), the Secretary shall provide esti-16
2101	2101	mated summaries for each project with 17
2102	2102	cost data as well as a realistic multi-year 18
2103	2103	plan to design and deliver the capital asset 19
2104	2104	projects, assuming required funding is pro-20
2105	2105	vided. 21
2106	2106	(ii) I
2107	2107	DENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS .— 22
2108	2108	Each project shall be identified by its 23
2109	2109	project type such as major construction, 24
2110	2110	minor construction, nonrecurring mainte-25
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2114	2114	nance, major lease, minor lease, or such 1
2115	2115	other category as the Secretary determines 2
2116	2116	may be appropriate. 3
2117	2117	(B) I
2118	2118	NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .—In pro-4
2119	2119	viding information under paragraph (1)(B), the 5
2120	2120	Secretary shall provide estimated summaries for 6
2121	2121	each project or investment with individual and 7
2122	2122	total cost data as well as a realistic multi-year 8
2123	2123	plan to develop relevant requirements and ac-9
2124	2124	quire and deploy the relevant information tech-10
2125	2125	nology services, projects, equipment, and re-11
2126	2126	lated matters. 12
2127	2127	(C) S
2128	2128	COPE.—The scope of the report sub-13
2129	2129	mitted under subsection (a) is on the capital 14
2130	2130	asset, information technology, and other related 15
2131	2131	critical support functions, excluding human cap-16
2132	2132	ital related needs, needed for the Department to 17
2133	2133	perform research and development in an effec-18
2134	2134	tive and efficient manner. 19
2135	2135	(c) C
2136	2136	ONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the report re-20
2137	2137	quired by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the 21
2138	2138	following: 22
2139	2139	(1) The findings of the 2012 final report of the 23
2140	2140	Research Infrastructure Program of the Depart-24
2141	2141	ment. 25
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2145	2145	(2) Current and updated data providing the 1
2146	2146	most accurate and holistic presentation of the phys-2
2147	2147	ical infrastructure, information technology, and 3
2148	2148	other relevant support function needs of the research 4
2149	2149	and development program of the Department. 5
2150	2150	(3) Such other matters as the Secretary con-6
2151	2151	siders appropriate. 7
2152	2152	SEC. 215. REVIEW AND REPORT ON PROVISIONS OF LAW 8
2153	2153	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 9
2154	2154	AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND 10
2155	2155	OVERSIGHT. 11
2156	2156	(a) R
2157	2157	EVIEW.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 12
2158	2158	shall review all relevant authorities of the Department of 13
2159	2159	Veterans Affairs, including those in section 312A of title 14
2160	2160	38, United States Code, and determine whether the provi-15
2161	2161	sions of such authorities are meaningful, relevant, and re-16
2162	2162	flect the current operational needs, organization structure, 17
2163	2163	and all other necessary requirements for the full life-cycle 18
2164	2164	of effective and efficient management of capital assets. 19
2165	2165	(b) R
2166	2166	EPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 20
2167	2167	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 21
2168	2168	to Congress a report regarding whether the authorities re-22
2169	2169	viewed under subsection (a) should be revised to align 23
2170	2170	more closely with current and future projected operational 24
2171	2171	needs of the Department. 25
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2175	2175	(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
2176	2176	(b) shall include the following: 2
2177	2177	(1) An assessment of whether other offices, ad-3
2178	2178	ministrations, or entities of the Department should 4
2179	2179	be directed to formally assume certain functions cur-5
2180	2180	rently assigned to officials of the Department, in-6
2181	2181	cluding to the Deputy Secretary, the Director of 7
2182	2182	Construction and Facilities Management, the Under 8
2183	2183	Secretary for Health, the Assistant Secretary for 9
2184	2184	Management, and the Chief Financial Officer, pur-10
2185	2185	suant to statute or Departmental practice, so as to 11
2186	2186	match operational realties and needs, directives, poli-12
2187	2187	cies, and procedures of the Department, to improve 13
2188	2188	efficiencies, streamline management and lines of au-14
2189	2189	thority, responsibility, and accountability or other 15
2190	2190	reasons that would be beneficial to the capital asset 16
2191	2191	management of the Department. 17
2192	2192	(2) An assessment of whether capital asset 18
2193	2193	functions currently not clearly assumed or controlled 19
2194	2194	by other entities of the Department should be more 20
2195	2195	clearly assigned to relevant offices of the Depart-21
2196	2196	ment to match operational realities and needs, direc-22
2197	2197	tives, policies, and procedures of the Department, to 23
2198	2198	improve efficiencies, streamline management and 24
2199	2199	lines of authority and responsibility, or other reasons 25
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2203	2203	that would be beneficial to the capital asset manage-1
2204	2204	ment of the Department. 2
2205	2205	(3) Identification of whether any new offices, 3
2206	2206	structures, positions, or reporting lines should be 4
2207	2207	created or modified in the Department to improve 5
2208	2208	operational effectiveness, performance, and account-6
2209	2209	ability for capital asset management. 7
2210	2210	(4) An assessment of whether a modified De-8
2211	2211	partmental organizational structure and changes to 9
2212	2212	relevant statutory provisions could create a clearly 10
2213	2213	identified single line of accountability and responsi-11
2214	2214	bility for the full life-cycle of capital asset manage-12
2215	2215	ment activities of the Department so as to improve 13
2216	2216	effectiveness, efficiency, performance, and stability 14
2217	2217	of Departmental capital asset management. 15
2218	2218	(5) Specific reasons for the statutory or other 16
2219	2219	changes that are recommended in the report or if no 17
2220	2220	changes are necessary, a justification for not making 18
2221	2221	any changes, including a statement providing the 19
2222	2222	single responsible executive and office in charge of 20
2223	2223	managing all capital asset management activities of 21
2224	2224	the Department as of the date of the report. 22
2225	2225	(6) Identification of such legislative or adminis-23
2226	2226	trative action as the Secretary determines necessary 24
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2230	2230	to implement the changes necessary to improve cap-1
2231	2231	ital asset management at the Department. 2
2232	2232	SEC. 216. IMPROVING PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND RE-3
2233	2233	PORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN 4
2234	2234	DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAP-5
2235	2235	ITAL ASSET PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES. 6
2236	2236	(a) R
2237	2237	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 7
2238	2238	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 8
2239	2239	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-9
2240	2240	mittees of Congress a report on actions the Department 10
2241	2241	of Veterans Affairs is taking or plans to take to enhance 11
2242	2242	the ability of the Department to prevent, detect, and re-12
2243	2243	port waste, fraud, and abuse occurring in capital asset 13
2244	2244	projects of the Department, whether by employees, con-14
2245	2245	tractors, or other relevant persons or entities involved with 15
2246	2246	the Department. 16
2247	2247	(b) E
2248	2248	LEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 17
2249	2249	(a) shall include the following: 18
2250	2250	(1) An assessment of whether new training or 19
2251	2251	enhancements to existing training should be under-20
2252	2252	taken to improve the prevention, detection, and re-21
2253	2253	porting of waste, fraud, and abuse. 22
2254	2254	(2) Recommendations for such legislative and 23
2255	2255	administrative action as the Secretary determines 24
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2259	2259	appropriate to improve the prevention, detection, 1
2260	2260	and reporting of waste, fraud, and abuse. 2
2261	2261	(3) Such other matters the Secretary considers 3
2262	2262	appropriate. 4
2263	2263	(c) C
2264	2264	ONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 5
2265	2265	the Secretary— 6
2266	2266	(1) shall consult with the Inspector General of 7
2267	2267	the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Comp-8
2268	2268	troller General of the United States on matters re-9
2269	2269	lating to best practices and strategies to improve de-10
2270	2270	tection and prevention by the Department of waste, 11
2271	2271	fraud, and abuse in capital asset projects and man-12
2272	2272	agement; and 13
2273	2273	(2) may consult with such other persons and 14
2274	2274	entities on such matters as the Secretary considers 15
2275	2275	appropriate. 16
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