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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 42
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY24 (legislative day, JANUARY3), 2023
10	10	Mr. T
11	11	ESTER(for himself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. WARNER) in-
12	12	troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
13	13	mittee on Veterans’ Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To improve the management and performance of the capital
16	16	asset programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs
17	17	so as to better serve veterans, their families, caregivers,
18	18	and survivors, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
22	22	(a) S
23	23	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
24	24	‘‘Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn, and Deliver for Veterans 5
25	25	Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023’’. 6
26	26	(b) T
27	27	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
28	28	this Act is as follows: 8
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32	32	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
33	33	Sec. 2. Definitions.
34	34	TITLE I—CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
35	35	Sec. 101. Improving capital asset staffing of Department of Veterans Affairs.
36	36	Sec. 102. Development of performance metrics of capital asset management by
37	37	Department of Veterans Affairs and monitoring for improve-
38	38	ment.
39	39	Sec. 103. Expansion of membership of the Capital Asset Planning Committee.
40	40	TITLE II—STRATEGIC PLAN AND REPORTS
41	41	Sec. 201. Review of climate resilience of facilities, land, and other relevant cap-
42	42	ital assets of Department of Veterans Affairs.
43	43	Sec. 202. Strategic plan to improve planning, management, budgeting, staffing,
44	44	capacity, and performance of Department of Veterans Affairs
45	45	capital asset activities.
46	46	Sec. 203. Centralized management of capital asset disposal and reuse and an-
47	47	nual report on completion of disposal and reuse activities of
48	48	Department of Veterans Affairs.
49	49	Sec. 204. Report on options to improve minor construction program of Depart-
50	50	ment of Veterans Affairs.
51	51	Sec. 205. Report on improvements to alignment of information technology
52	52	funding and activation of medical and other space of Depart-
53	53	ment of Veterans Affairs.
54	54	Sec. 206. Reports on key capital asset investments, activities, and performance
55	55	of Department of Veterans Affairs.
56	56	Sec. 207. Reports on projected need for funding for infrastructure and capital
57	57	assets of Department of Veterans Affairs.
58	58	Sec. 208. Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs reports on
59	59	Department infrastructure projects.
60	60	Sec. 209. Comptroller General reports on capital asset program management
61	61	and execution by Department of Veterans Affairs.
62	62	Sec. 210. Report on dental care physical infrastructure needs of Department of
63	63	Veterans Affairs.
64	64	Sec. 211. Report on long-term care physical infrastructure needs of Depart-
65	65	ment of Veterans Affairs.
66	66	Sec. 212. Report on feasibility and advisability of using a dedicated budget ac-
67	67	count for maintenance of capital assets of Department of Vet-
68	68	erans Affairs.
69	69	Sec. 213. Report on women veterans retrofit initiative.
70	70	Sec. 214. Report on capital asset and information technology needs of the re-
71	71	search and development program of Department of Veterans
72	72	Affairs.
73	73	Sec. 215. Review and report on provisions of law relating to Department of
74	74	Veterans Affairs capital asset management and oversight.
75	75	Sec. 216. Improving prevention, detection, and reporting of waste, fraud, and
76	76	abuse in Department of Veterans Affairs capital asset projects
77	77	and activities.
78	78	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
79	79	1
80	80	In this Act: 2
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84	84	(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -1
85	85	GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-2
86	86	gress’’ means— 3
87	87	(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 4
88	88	and the Committee on Appropriations of the 5
89	89	Senate; and 6
90	90	(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 7
91	91	and the Committee on Appropriations of the 8
92	92	House of Representatives. 9
93	93	(2) C
94	94	APITAL ASSET.—The term ‘‘capital asset’’ 10
95	95	means the physical infrastructure, land, buildings, 11
96	96	and other related items under the operation and con-12
97	97	trol of the Department of Veterans Affairs, includ-13
98	98	ing the information technology and other support 14
99	99	systems needed to ensure the physical space can be 15
100	100	used to deliver intended services and functions of the 16
101	101	Department. 17
102	102	TITLE I—CAPITAL ASSET 18
103	103	MANAGEMENT 19
104	104	SEC. 101. IMPROVING CAPITAL ASSET STAFFING OF DE-20
105	105	PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21
106	106	(a) C
107	107	APITALASSETPERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-22
108	108	MENT.— 23
109	109	(1) R
110	110	EQUIREMENT FOR DEDICATED OFFICES 24
111	111	AND SUFFICIENT STAFF .—Not later than 540 days 25
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115	115	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-1
116	116	retary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the De-2
117	117	partment of Veterans Affairs has dedicated offices 3
118	118	or entities and sufficient staff, including at each 4
119	119	medical center of the Department, to conduct rel-5
120	120	evant critical responsibilities for the life-cycle of cap-6
121	121	ital asset management at the local, regional, and 7
122	122	central office level. This may include ensuring such 8
123	123	mix as the Secretary considers appropriate of per-9
124	124	sonnel with duties from the following categories: 10
125	125	(A) Facility planning. 11
126	126	(B) Long-range capital planning. 12
127	127	(C) Management of projects and capital 13
128	128	assets relating to the execution of major con-14
129	129	struction projects, minor construction projects, 15
130	130	major leases, minor leases, nonrecurring main-16
131	131	tenance, and related matters at medical centers 17
132	132	and facilities of the Department in the sur-18
133	133	rounding catchment areas of the centers and fa-19
134	134	cilities. 20
135	135	(D) Property disposal or transfer, environ-21
136	136	mental remediation, and historic preservation. 22
137	137	(E) Engineering, including matters relat-23
138	138	ing to seismic repairs and projects. 24
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142	142	(F) Maintenance and repair of existing in-1
143	143	frastructure. 2
144	144	(G) The collection of views of veterans and 3
145	145	employees of the Department to understand the 4
146	146	capital assets needs of the Department. 5
147	147	(H) Other relevant functions relating to 6
148	148	the full life-cycle of capital asset management 7
149	149	of the Department as determined by the Sec-8
150	150	retary. 9
151	151	(2) T
152	152	ASKS.—To the greatest extent practicable, 10
153	153	the Secretary shall ensure that each of the cat-11
154	154	egories of duties under paragraph (1) are assigned 12
155	155	to a different individual or group of individuals so 13
156	156	as— 14
157	157	(A) to organize common work in a cohesive 15
158	158	manner; and 16
159	159	(B) not to overburden a small number of 17
160	160	individuals with such requirements. 18
161	161	(3) L
162	162	EAD OFFICIAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
163	163	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
164	164	retary shall— 21
165	165	(A) designate one individual as the lead 22
166	166	senior official responsible for integration and 23
167	167	coordination of, and accountability for, the eval-24
168	168	uation of the capital asset workforce needs of 25
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172	172	the Department, the staffing model established 1
173	173	under paragraph (4), and the ongoing imple-2
174	174	mentation and monitoring of actions to ensure 3
175	175	adequate capital asset staffing across the De-4
176	176	partment, including those at the field, regional, 5
177	177	and central offices of the Veterans Health Ad-6
178	178	ministration, the National Cemetery Adminis-7
179	179	tration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, 8
180	180	and the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and 9
181	181	Construction; and 10
182	182	(B) notify the appropriate committees of 11
183	183	Congress who has been designated under sub-12
184	184	paragraph (A). 13
185	185	(4) S
186	186	TAFFING MODEL.— 14
187	187	(A) I
188	188	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 15
189	189	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 16
190	190	Secretary shall establish a staffing model for 17
191	191	the relevant administrations, staff offices, and 18
192	192	other elements of the Department to carry out 19
193	193	paragraph (1) that— 20
194	194	(i) ensures a minimum base level of 21
195	195	capital asset staffing; and 22
196	196	(ii) is adjusted based on the volume 23
197	197	and complexity of capital asset work of a 24
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201	201	particular facility, catchment area, region, 1
202	202	or central office responsibility. 2
203	203	(B) U
204	204	PDATE.—The Secretary shall update 3
205	205	the staffing model under subparagraph (A) reg-4
206	206	ularly to ensure it is effective in carrying out 5
207	207	paragraph (1). 6
208	208	(5) T
209	209	REATMENT OF STATES AND TERRITORIES 7
210	210	WITHOUT A MEDICAL CENTER .—In the case of a 8
211	211	State or territory of the United States in which the 9
212	212	Department does not operate a full-service medical 10
213	213	center, the Secretary shall, in carrying out para-11
214	214	graph (1), ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, 12
215	215	that the Department has a dedicated office or entity 13
216	216	and sufficient staff at the largest medical facility of 14
217	217	the Department in that State or territory, and any 15
218	218	reference in this section to a medical center shall be 16
219	219	deemed to be a reference to that medical facility. 17
220	220	(6) P
221	221	URPOSE AND INTENT .—The purpose of 18
222	222	this subsection is to ensure that field, regional, and 19
223	223	central offices of the Department of Veterans Affairs 20
224	224	have an appropriately sized and credentialed capital 21
225	225	asset workforce to allow for efficient and effective 22
226	226	execution of their relevant segment of capital asset 23
227	227	work. Nothing in this subsection is intended to man-24
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231	231	date a realignment of capital asset workforce roles, 1
232	232	responsibilities, and reporting structures. 2
233	233	(b) Q
234	234	UALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure 3
235	235	that appropriate professional certifications, educational 4
236	236	background, and other qualifications are in effect for indi-5
237	237	viduals employed in a position at a dedicated office or enti-6
238	238	ty required by subsection (a) to manage the duties under 7
239	239	the categories set forth under subsection (a)(1). 8
240	240	(c) D
241	241	UTIES OFDEDICATEDOFFICES ORENTITIES 9
242	242	ATMEDICALCENTERS.— 10
243	243	(1) I
244	244	N GENERAL.—The duties of a dedicated of-11
245	245	fice or entity required by subsection (a) at a medical 12
246	246	center of the Department may include such combina-13
247	247	tion of the following duties as the Secretary con-14
248	248	siders appropriate to achieve efficient and effective 15
249	249	capital asset management and performance as it 16
250	250	pertains to relevant activities at the field level: 17
251	251	(A) The development, monitoring, and im-18
252	252	plementation of capital asset objectives for the 19
253	253	catchment area surrounding the medical center, 20
254	254	including community-based outpatient clinics 21
255	255	and other sites of care of the Department in 22
256	256	that area. 23
257	257	(B) The coordination of capital asset man-24
258	258	agement and planning with counterparts at 25
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262	262	other medical centers of the Department in the 1
263	263	region and facility planners for the Veterans In-2
264	264	tegrated Service Network or Networks in the 3
265	265	region. 4
266	266	(C) Effective delivery of capital asset 5
267	267	projects. 6
268	268	(D) Maintenance and repair of infrastruc-7
269	269	ture. 8
270	270	(E) Capital asset disposal or transfer, envi-9
271	271	ronmental remediation, and historic preserva-10
272	272	tion. 11
273	273	(F) Regularly monitoring state-of-the-art 12
274	274	best practices in health care capital asset deliv-13
275	275	ery and management. 14
276	276	(G) Constantly monitoring the needs of 15
277	277	veterans and employees of the Department as it 16
278	278	relates to medical space and services at the 17
279	279	medical center and facilities in the catchment 18
280	280	area surrounding the medical center to forward 19
281	281	plan and identify and submit plans, through 20
282	282	processes of the Department, to meet those 21
283	283	needs, including by formulating local and re-22
284	284	gional capital improvement and asset manage-23
285	285	ment plans for medical facilities of the Depart-24
286	286	ment through the regular collection of— 25
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290	290	(i) views and expectations of veterans, 1
291	291	including as expressed by relevant local or 2
292	292	national veterans service organizations, in 3
293	293	that area who are eligible users of health 4
294	294	care and related services provided by the 5
295	295	Department with respect to— 6
296	296	(I) preferences and needs of 7
297	297	those veterans for the care received 8
298	298	from medical facilities of the Depart-9
299	299	ment in that area; and 10
300	300	(II) the need for improvements 11
301	301	and enhancements to infrastructure of 12
302	302	the Department; and 13
303	303	(ii) views of relevant medical staff of 14
304	304	the Department at the medical center and 15
305	305	facilities in that catchment area regarding 16
306	306	their preferences and needs for how to de-17
307	307	liver health care to veterans and how those 18
308	308	preferences impact the infrastructure 19
309	309	needs of the Department. 20
310	310	(H) Understanding the capital asset poli-21
311	311	cies, procedures, and directives of the Depart-22
312	312	ment, including those issued by the central of-23
313	313	fice of the Department, the Veterans Health 24
314	314	Administration, Veterans Integrated Service 25
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318	318	Networks, the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 1
319	319	and Construction, the Office of Asset Enter-2
320	320	prise Management, the Office of General Coun-3
321	321	sel, the Office of Information and Technology, 4
322	322	or any successor offices, and any other office of 5
323	323	the Department with significant responsibility 6
324	324	over capital asset management and planning. 7
325	325	(I) Implementing locally the policies, proce-8
326	326	dures, and directives described in subparagraph 9
327	327	(H). 10
328	328	(J) Providing feedback regarding ways in 11
329	329	which the policies, procedures and directives de-12
330	330	scribed in subparagraph (H) can be improved. 13
331	331	(K) Understanding the importance for col-14
332	332	laboration and coordination among all relevant 15
333	333	offices of the Department, including the Office 16
334	334	of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, the 17
335	335	Office of Asset Enterprise Management, the Of-18
336	336	fice of Information and Technology, or suc-19
337	337	cessor offices with similar functions, and other 20
338	338	internal stakeholders as required to achieve suc-21
339	339	cess in all phases of capital asset management. 22
340	340	(2) C
341	341	OLLECTION OF VIEWS AND EXPECTA -23
342	342	TIONS.— 24
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346	346	(A) IN GENERAL.—Views and expectations 1
347	347	may be collected under paragraph (1)(G) 2
348	348	through multiple channels and the process used 3
349	349	for such collection shall ensure that the views 4
350	350	and expectations collected provide a representa-5
351	351	tive sample of the population from which such 6
352	352	views and expectations are collected. 7
353	353	(B) C
354	354	ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information 8
355	355	collected under paragraph (1)(G) shall be col-9
356	356	lected in a manner that provides an option for 10
357	357	submission of views that are anonymous and 11
358	358	confidential. 12
359	359	(C) I
360	360	NCLUSION OF DIVERSE VIEW -13
361	361	POINTS.—In collecting views and expectations 14
362	362	of veterans and medical staff under paragraph 15
363	363	(1)(G), an office, entity, or relevant staff de-16
364	364	scribed in subsection (a) for a medical center of 17
365	365	the Department shall ensure that the viewpoints 18
366	366	of a diverse population of veterans being served 19
367	367	by the medical center and medical staff of the 20
368	368	medical center or in the catchment area of the 21
369	369	medical center are captured. 22
370	370	(D) C
371	371	OORDINATION WITH EXISTING EF -23
372	372	FORTS OF DEPARTMENT .—In carrying out 24
373	373	paragraph (1)(G) and this paragraph, the Sec-25
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377	377	retary shall use, as the Secretary considers ap-1
378	378	propriate, existing efforts and expertise of the 2
379	379	Department through the Veterans Health Ad-3
380	380	ministration, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 4
381	381	and Construction, the Office of Asset Enter-5
382	382	prise Management, and the Veterans Experi-6
383	383	ence Office. 7
384	384	(E) U
385	385	SAGE OF VIEWS AND EXPECTA -8
386	386	TIONS.—The views and expectations collected 9
387	387	under paragraph (1)(G) shall be used to inform 10
388	388	the offices, entities, or relevant staff described 11
389	389	in subsection (a)(1) and the broader leadership 12
390	390	of a medical center and Veterans Integrated 13
391	391	Service Networks of the Department to develop 14
392	392	plans for capital asset improvement. 15
393	393	(d) D
394	394	EVELOPMENT OF STANDARDPROCESSTOSO-16
395	395	LICITVIEWS ONEFFECTIVENESS.— 17
396	396	(1) I
397	397	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 18
398	398	the Secretary shall develop a standardized process to 19
399	399	regularly solicit feedback from individuals and enti-20
400	400	ties described in paragraph (2) regarding the effec-21
401	401	tiveness of and ways to improve— 22
402	402	(A) the infrastructure and capital asset 23
403	403	management investment processes and proce-24
404	404	dures of the central office of the Department 25
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408	408	and Veterans Integrated Service Networks of 1
409	409	the Department; and 2
410	410	(B) the guidance of the central office and 3
411	411	Veterans Integrated Service Networks regard-4
412	412	ing such processes and procedures to the med-5
413	413	ical centers, facilities in the surrounding 6
414	414	catchment areas of those medical centers, and 7
415	415	Veterans Integrated Service Networks, as ap-8
416	416	propriate. 9
417	417	(2) I
418	418	NDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES DESCRIBED .— 10
419	419	The individuals and entities described in this para-11
420	420	graph are the following: 12
421	421	(A) Each office, entity, or relevant staff 13
422	422	described in subsection (a)(1) for a medical cen-14
423	423	ter of the Department. 15
424	424	(B) Medical staff of the Department at fa-16
425	425	cilities in the surrounding catchment area of 17
426	426	the medical center. 18
427	427	(C) Veterans Integrated Service Networks. 19
428	428	(D) Staff of offices within the central of-20
429	429	fice of the Department, including the Office of 21
430	430	Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, the 22
431	431	Office of Asset Enterprise Management, and 23
432	432	the Office of Information and Technology, or 24
433	433	successor offices with similar functions. 25
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437	437	(E) The Veterans Health Administration, 1
438	438	including its Office of Healthcare Environment 2
439	439	and Facilities Programs. 3
440	440	(F) Such other offices as the Secretary de-4
441	441	termines relevant. 5
442	442	(3) A
443	443	LIGNMENT WITH MARKET AREA ASSESS -6
444	444	MENTS.—To the degree practicable, the Secretary 7
445	445	shall align the process developed and standardized 8
446	446	under paragraph (1) with the performance of market 9
447	447	area assessments under section 7330C(a) of title 38, 10
448	448	United States Code. 11
449	449	(4) C
450	450	ONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information col-12
451	451	lected under paragraph (1) shall be collected in a 13
452	452	manner that provides an option for submission of 14
453	453	views that are anonymous and confidential. 15
454	454	(e) U
455	455	SE OFREPORTFINDINGS.—The Secretary shall 16
456	456	use the results of the report required under section 202 17
457	457	in establishing the offices, entities, or organizational struc-18
458	458	tures required under subsection (a) and carrying out any 19
459	459	other requirements of this section. 20
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463	463	SEC. 102. DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS OF 1
464	464	CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT BY DEPART-2
465	465	MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MONI-3
466	466	TORING FOR IMPROVEMENT. 4
467	467	(a) I
468	468	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 5
469	469	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-6
470	470	erans Affairs shall— 7
471	471	(1) develop meaningful and measurable goals 8
472	472	and metrics— 9
473	473	(A) to assess the performance of the cap-10
474	474	ital asset management programs of the Depart-11
475	475	ment of Veterans Affairs, including those car-12
476	476	ried out by a non-Department Federal entity 13
477	477	under section 8103(e)(1) of title 38, United 14
478	478	States Code, to allow the Secretary to make 15
479	479	sound decisions regarding construction, leasing, 16
480	480	acquisition, maintenance, and disposal of cap-17
481	481	ital assets; and 18
482	482	(B) that are in alignment with Department 19
483	483	strategic plans, budgets, and mission to serve 20
484	484	veterans, their families, and caregivers; 21
485	485	(2) develop an internal dashboard or other tool 22
486	486	to monitor progress towards meeting those goals; 23
487	487	(3) establish and implement internal governance 24
488	488	processes to direct necessary changes to improve 25
489	489	performance and achievement of those goals; and 26
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493	493	(4) submit to appropriate committees of Con-1
494	494	gress a report on the development of those goals and 2
495	495	metrics in paragraph (1) and the implementation of 3
496	496	the internal dashboard or other tool under para-4
497	497	graph (2) and the internal governance process under 5
498	498	paragraph (3). 6
499	499	(b) I
500	500	NTERNALDASHBOARD.—The Secretary shall en-7
501	501	sure that the internal dashboard developed under sub-8
502	502	section (a)(2) includes meaningful and relevant metrics 9
503	503	that— 10
504	504	(1) evaluate capital asset management perform-11
505	505	ance of the Department and provide relevant infor-12
506	506	mation to guide necessary improvements; and 13
507	507	(2) are developed consistent with recommenda-14
508	508	tions set forth by the Comptroller General of the 15
509	509	United States. 16
510	510	(c) C
511	511	ONSIDERATION OF PARTTWO OFSTRATEGIC 17
512	512	P
513	513	LAN TOIMPROVEVA’SDELIVERY ANDMANAGEMENT 18
514	514	OFCAPITALASSET.—In developing the internal dash-19
515	515	board under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall consider 20
516	516	the findings in part two of the Strategic Plan to Improve 21
517	517	VA’s Delivery and Management of Capital Asset required 22
518	518	under section 202(a)(4). 23
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522	522	SEC. 103. EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE CAPITAL 1
523	523	ASSET PLANNING COMMITTEE. 2
524	524	Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-3
525	525	ment of this Act, in order to facilitate Federal health in-4
526	526	frastructure planning, coordination, and investment, the 5
527	527	Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Sec-6
528	528	retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall mod-7
529	529	ify the membership of the Capital Asset Planning Com-8
530	530	mittee established as a subordinate entity of the Depart-9
531	531	ment of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint 10
532	532	Executive Committee established under section 320 of title 11
533	533	38, United States Code, to include the following: 12
534	534	(1) Not fewer than one officer or employee of 13
535	535	the Indian Health Service. 14
536	536	(2) Not fewer than one officer or employee of 15
537	537	the Department of Health and Human Services who 16
538	538	is not an employee of the Indian Health Service. 17
539	539	TITLE II—STRATEGIC PLAN AND 18
540	540	REPORTS 19
541	541	SEC. 201. REVIEW OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE OF FACILITIES, 20
542	542	LAND, AND OTHER RELEVANT CAPITAL AS-21
543	543	SETS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-22
544	544	FAIRS. 23
545	545	(a) I
546	546	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 24
547	547	shall conduct a comprehensive review of the climate resil-25
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551	551	ience of facilities, land, and other relevant capital assets 1
552	552	under the authority and jurisdiction of the Secretary. 2
553	553	(b) E
554	554	LEMENTS.— 3
555	555	(1) I
556	556	N GENERAL.—The review conducted under 4
557	557	subsection (a) shall— 5
558	558	(A) provide a comprehensive assessment of 6
559	559	existing facilities, land, and other relevant cap-7
560	560	ital assets that may be at risk due to changes 8
561	561	in the climate, including potential vulnerabilities 9
562	562	related to— 10
563	563	(i) proximity to a body of water; 11
564	564	(ii) proximity to an area prone to 12
565	565	flooding; 13
566	566	(iii) proximity to an area prone to 14
567	567	wild fire; 15
568	568	(iv) proximity to an area prone to tor-16
569	569	nadoes, hurricanes, or other storms; and 17
570	570	(v) such other matters as the Sec-18
571	571	retary considers appropriate after con-19
572	572	sulting with the United States Global 20
573	573	Change Research Program on the best 21
574	574	available observations and forward-looking 22
575	575	climate projections by region, including sea 23
576	576	level rise data; 24
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580	580	(B) include a description of strategies to 1
581	581	improve the climate resilience of existing facili-2
582	582	ties, land, and other relevant capital assets at 3
583	583	risk due to changes in the climate, including po-4
584	584	tential modifications to facility operations and 5
585	585	maintenance practices, and the cost of such 6
586	586	strategies; 7
587	587	(C) include an analysis of the current de-8
588	588	sign standards and building codes used by the 9
589	589	Department of Veterans Affairs to site, plan, 10
590	590	build, lease, renovate, and purchase land, facili-11
591	591	ties, infrastructure, and other capital assets of 12
592	592	the Department and whether those design 13
593	593	standards and building codes reflect both ob-14
594	594	served and forward-looking climate information; 15
595	595	(D) include an analysis of the effect of cli-16
596	596	mate change on energy usage, energy sources, 17
597	597	and utility systems of the Department and the 18
598	598	Department’s mitigation strategies; 19
599	599	(E) use, in consultation with the United 20
600	600	States Global Change Research Program, for-21
601	601	ward-looking climate information and other pro-22
602	602	jections to anticipate changing environmental 23
603	603	conditions during the design life of existing or 24
604	604	planned facilities, land, and other capital assets 25
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608	608	of the Department and make relevant decisions 1
609	609	and planning strategies based on this informa-2
610	610	tion; 3
611	611	(F) after consulting with the United States 4
612	612	Global Change Research Program and other 5
613	613	relevant Federal and non-Federal entities, in-6
614	614	clude recommendations for best practices, 7
615	615	standards, and solutions for future placement, 8
616	616	planning, renovation, leasing, purchase, con-9
617	617	struction, and disposal of facilities and land of 10
618	618	the Department so as to avoid or mitigate the 11
619	619	challenges resulting from placing a facility in 12
620	620	an area at risk of being vulnerable to harm 13
621	621	from the impacts of changing environmental 14
622	622	conditions; and 15
623	623	(G) assess how the Department can incor-16
624	624	porate climate resilience information into its 17
625	625	processes and procedures for capital asset in-18
626	626	vestment decisions. 19
627	627	(2) S
628	628	OURCES OF INFORMATION AND PROJEC -20
629	629	TIONS.—Sources of information and projections used 21
630	630	under paragraph (1)(E) may include the Bureau of 22
631	631	the Census (for population projections), the National 23
632	632	Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 24
633	633	(for land use change projections and climate projec-25
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637	637	tions), the United States Geological Survey (for land 1
638	638	use change projections), the United States Global 2
639	639	Change Research Program and the National Climate 3
640	640	Assessment (for climate observations and projec-4
641	641	tions), and such other sources as the Secretary con-5
642	642	siders reliable in consultation with the United States 6
643	643	Global Change Research Program. 7
644	644	(c) R
645	645	EPORTS.— 8
646	646	(1) M
647	647	ISSION CRITICAL ASSETS.—Not later than 9
648	648	540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 10
649	649	the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-11
650	650	mittees of Congress a report detailing the results of 12
651	651	the review conducted under subsection (a) with re-13
652	652	spect to mission critical capital assets of the Depart-14
653	653	ment and the actions the Secretary will take in re-15
654	654	sponse to the findings of such review. 16
655	655	(2) A
656	656	LL ASSETS.—Not later than one year after 17
657	657	the date on which the Secretary submits the report 18
658	658	under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to 19
659	659	the appropriate committees of Congress a report de-20
660	660	tailing the results of the review conducted under 21
661	661	subsection (a) with respect to all capital assets of 22
662	662	the Department and the actions the Secretary will 23
663	663	take in response to the findings of such review. 24
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667	667	(3) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 1
668	668	paragraphs (1) and (2) shall include, with respect to 2
669	669	the assets covered by the respective report, the fol-3
670	670	lowing: 4
671	671	(A) Recommendations for legislative and 5
672	672	administrative action to mitigate and respond 6
673	673	to the findings contained in the review con-7
674	674	ducted under subsection (a). 8
675	675	(B) A description of action taken or to be 9
676	676	taken by the Secretary to improve the climate 10
677	677	resilience of existing facilities, land, infrastruc-11
678	678	ture and other relevant capital assets under the 12
679	679	jurisdiction or control of the Department. 13
680	680	(C) A description of changes in policy, di-14
681	681	rectives, and procedures of the Department to 15
682	682	mitigate, plan for, and improve resilience of fu-16
683	683	ture constructed, leased, or other facilities, 17
684	684	land, infrastructure, and other relevant capital 18
685	685	assets under the jurisdiction or control of the 19
686	686	Department. 20
687	687	(D) A description of how the Department 21
688	688	will incorporate climate resilience information 22
689	689	into its processes and procedures for capital 23
690	690	asset investment decisions. 24
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694	694	(E) A description of changes the Depart-1
695	695	ment will make to ensure the facilities, land, in-2
696	696	frastructure, and other relevant capital assets 3
697	697	of the Department are available to furnish care 4
698	698	and services under section 1785 of title 38, 5
699	699	United States Code, during or following a dis-6
700	700	aster or emergency. 7
701	701	(F) The estimated cost to implement the 8
702	702	changes described in the report. 9
703	703	(G) The estimated timeline to implement 10
704	704	the changes described in the report. 11
705	705	(H) Such other matters, recommendations, 12
706	706	or requests as the Secretary considers appro-13
707	707	priate, including recommendations for relevant 14
708	708	legislative or administrative action. 15
709	709	(4) U
710	710	PDATES.— 16
711	711	(A) I
712	712	N GENERAL.—Not later than five 17
713	713	years after the date on which the Secretary 18
714	714	submits the report under paragraph (2) and not 19
715	715	less frequently than once every five years there-20
716	716	after until the date that is 23 years after the 21
717	717	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 22
718	718	shall submit to the appropriate committees of 23
719	719	Congress an update of the report submitted 24
720	720	under paragraph (2). 25
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724	724	(B) CONTENTS.—Each update submitted 1
725	725	under subparagraph (A) shall describe the ef-2
726	726	forts of the Department since the submittal of 3
727	727	the latest report or update, as the case may be, 4
728	728	relating to matters covered by the report and 5
729	729	such other matters as the Secretary considers 6
730	730	appropriate. 7
731	731	(d) C
732	732	LIMATERESILIENCEDEFINED.—In this sec-8
733	733	tion, the term ‘‘climate resilience’’ means— 9
734	734	(1) anticipating, preparing for, and adapting to 10
735	735	changing environmental conditions such as vari-11
736	736	ations in average weather conditions that persist 12
737	737	over multiple decades or longer that encompass in-13
738	738	creases and decreases in temperature, shifts in pre-14
739	739	cipitation, and changing risk of certain types of se-15
740	740	vere weather events; and 16
741	741	(2) the ability to withstand, respond to, and re-17
742	742	cover rapidly from disruptions while ensuring the 18
743	743	sustainment of mission-critical operations. 19
744	744	SEC. 202. STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPROVE PLANNING, MAN-20
745	745	AGEMENT, BUDGETING, STAFFING, CAPAC-21
746	746	ITY, AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT 22
747	747	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET AC-23
748	748	TIVITIES. 24
749	749	(a) I
750	750	NITIALSTRATEGICPLAN.— 25
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754	754	(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 1
755	755	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-2
756	756	retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appro-3
757	757	priate committees of Congress a strategic plan to 4
758	758	improve the planning, management, budgeting, staff-5
759	759	ing, capacity, and performance by the Department 6
760	760	of Veterans Affairs relating to capital assets. Such 7
761	761	strategic plan shall be known as the ‘‘Strategic Plan 8
762	762	to Improve VA’s Delivery and Management of Cap-9
763	763	ital Assets’’ (in this subsection referred to as the 10
764	764	‘‘Plan’’). 11
765	765	(2) S
766	766	TRUCTURE.—The Plan shall consist of not 12
767	767	fewer than two parts as set forth in this subsection. 13
768	768	(3) P
769	769	ART ONE.— 14
770	770	(A) I
771	771	N GENERAL.—Part one of the Plan 15
772	772	shall focus on the human capital needs for the 16
773	773	capital asset and related areas workforce of the 17
774	774	Department (in this subsection referred to as 18
775	775	‘‘Part One’’). 19
776	776	(B) E
777	777	LEMENTS.—Part One shall include 20
778	778	the following: 21
779	779	(i) A description of the steps being 22
780	780	taken by the Department, including by the 23
781	781	lead official designated under section 24
782	782	101(a)(3), and the steps that the Depart-25
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786	786	ment plans to take during the 10-year pe-1
787	787	riod following the date of the Plan, includ-2
788	788	ing a specific timeline, to ensure sufficient 3
789	789	capital asset personnel at the local, re-4
790	790	gional, and central office levels of the De-5
791	791	partment are available and prepared— 6
792	792	(I) to execute the current level of 7
793	793	capital asset work, including mainte-8
794	794	nance, delivery of new facilities, dis-9
795	795	posal, and reuse; 10
796	796	(II) to handle future capital asset 11
797	797	work described in subclause (I) during 12
798	798	such 10-year period; and 13
799	799	(III) to perform any other capital 14
800	800	asset activities as identified by the 15
801	801	Secretary. 16
802	802	(ii) A plan that addresses the needed 17
803	803	capital asset workforce of the Department 18
804	804	by— 19
805	805	(I) identifying and describing the 20
806	806	staffing needs and status of such 21
807	807	workforce, including— 22
808	808	(aa) the number of currently 23
809	809	authorized positions; 24
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813	813	(bb) the number of filled po-1
814	814	sitions of those positions author-2
815	815	ized; 3
816	816	(cc) the number of unfilled 4
817	817	positions of those positions au-5
818	818	thorized, including reasons why 6
819	819	those positions are not filled and 7
820	820	steps the Department is taking 8
821	821	to fill those positions; 9
822	822	(dd) the number of current 10
823	823	positions needed above the level 11
824	824	currently authorized; and 12
825	825	(ee) future needs, including 13
826	826	expected growth or reduction of 14
827	827	personnel, during the 10-year pe-15
828	828	riod following the date of the 16
829	829	Plan; 17
830	830	(II) providing the data under 18
831	831	subclause (I) at the Departmental 19
832	832	level, disaggregated by relevant divi-20
833	833	sions of the Department and by— 21
834	834	(aa) data for the Veterans 22
835	835	Health Administration, broken 23
836	836	out by field, Veterans Integrated 24
837	837	Service Network, and central of-25
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841	841	fice, including the Office of 1
842	842	Healthcare Environment and Fa-2
843	843	cilities Programs; 3
844	844	(bb) data for the Office of 4
845	845	Acquisition, Logistics, and Con-5
846	846	struction, broken out by field, re-6
847	847	gion, and central office; 7
848	848	(cc) data for the National 8
849	849	Cemetery Administration, broken 9
850	850	out by field, region, and central 10
851	851	office; 11
852	852	(dd) data for the Veterans 12
853	853	Benefits Administration, broken 13
854	854	out by field, region, and central 14
855	855	office; 15
856	856	(ee) data for the Office of 16
857	857	Asset Enterprise Management; 17
858	858	(ff) data for the Office of 18
859	859	Information and Technology, bro-19
860	860	ken out by field, region, and cen-20
861	861	tral office; and 21
862	862	(gg) data for all other of-22
863	863	fices of the Department not cov-23
864	864	ered under items (aa) through 24
865	865	(ff) that have capital asset staff 25
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869	869	or significant capital asset re-1
870	870	sponsibilities or are key enablers 2
871	871	and support functions for capital 3
872	872	asset management at the field, 4
873	873	regional, or central office level; 5
874	874	and 6
875	875	(III) including an estimate of the 7
876	876	funding required to accomplish filling 8
877	877	the unfilled and future positions speci-9
878	878	fied under subclause (I) during the 10
879	879	10-year period following the date of 11
880	880	the Plan. 12
881	881	(iii) A description of the efforts taken 13
882	882	and planned to be taken by the Depart-14
883	883	ment to recruit, retain, and develop the ex-15
884	884	isting and future capital asset workforce of 16
885	885	the Department. 17
886	886	(iv) A description of any changes 18
887	887	needed to the qualifications, standards, po-19
888	888	sition descriptions and other related mat-20
889	889	ters to ensure the qualification standards 21
890	890	of the workforce, including those resulting 22
891	891	from implementation of section 101(b)— 23
892	892	(I) match the needs of the De-24
893	893	partment; and 25
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897	897	(II) align where appropriate with 1
898	898	relevant Federal Government and in-2
899	899	dustry standards and best practices. 3
900	900	(v) A description of how the Depart-4
901	901	ment will coordinate the capital asset 5
902	902	human capital efforts of the Department 6
903	903	across the Veterans Health Administra-7
904	904	tion, the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, 8
905	905	and Construction, the National Cemetery 9
906	906	Administration, the Veterans Benefits Ad-10
907	907	ministration, the Office of Asset Enterprise 11
908	908	Management, or similar successor offices, 12
909	909	and other entities of the Department so as 13
910	910	to leverage collective efforts, reduce unnec-14
911	911	essary duplication, and identify opportuni-15
912	912	ties for collaboration and efficiency. 16
913	913	(vi) With respect to a Department- 17
914	914	wide succession plan for leadership and 18
915	915	mission-critical occupations in the capital 19
916	916	asset workforce of the Department— 20
917	917	(I) if such a plan is not already 21
918	918	developed, a timeline for the develop-22
919	919	ment of such a plan; and 23
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923	923	(II) if such a plan is already de-1
924	924	veloped, the current implementation 2
925	925	status of such plan. 3
926	926	(vii) An assessment of different re-4
927	927	gional challenges in rural, suburban, and 5
928	928	urban areas to recruit and retain the nec-6
929	929	essary capital asset workforce of the De-7
930	930	partment and steps to be taken by the De-8
931	931	partment in response to such challenges. 9
932	932	(viii) With respect to the report pub-10
933	933	lished by the National Academies of 11
934	934	Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on 12
935	935	December 24, 2019, entitled ‘‘Facilities 13
936	936	Staffing Requirement for VHA-Resource 14
937	937	Planning and Methodology for the Fu-15
938	938	ture’’— 16
939	939	(I) a description of the rec-17
940	940	ommendations from the report that 18
941	941	have already implemented; 19
942	942	(II) a plan and timeline to imple-20
943	943	ment the recommendations from the 21
944	944	report that have not already been im-22
945	945	plemented and the Secretary plans to 23
946	946	implement; and 24
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950	950	(III) for each recommendation 1
951	951	from the report that has not already 2
952	952	been implemented and the Secretary 3
953	953	does not plan to implement, a descrip-4
954	954	tion of the recommendation and a jus-5
955	955	tification for the decision not to imple-6
956	956	ment the recommendation. 7
957	957	(ix) A description of how the Depart-8
958	958	ment will leverage, where appropriate and 9
959	959	relevant, contract support and partnerships 10
960	960	with other Federal agencies, nonprofit or-11
961	961	ganizations, and other entities to meet the 12
962	962	short-, medium-, and long-term human 13
963	963	capital needs for infrastructure to ensure 14
964	964	that the Department has the experience 15
965	965	and workforce needed to match the current 16
966	966	and future projected infrastructure work-17
967	967	load of the Department. 18
968	968	(x) A description of any improvements 19
969	969	to training or curriculum of the Depart-20
970	970	ment that are needed to enhance the edu-21
971	971	cation of the capital asset employees of the 22
972	972	Department to ensure they are as pro-23
973	973	ficient as possible in their jobs. 24
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977	977	(xi) A description of the status of the 1
978	978	implementation of the staffing model es-2
979	979	tablished under section 101(a)(4). 3
980	980	(xii) A description of such legislative 4
981	981	or administrative action as the Secretary 5
982	982	considers necessary to recruit, retain, and 6
983	983	develop a strong capital asset management 7
984	984	workforce. 8
985	985	(xiii) Such other matters as the Sec-9
986	986	retary considers necessary. 10
987	987	(C) S
988	988	TAFF COVERED BY STRATEGIC 11
989	989	PLAN.—Part One shall cover all relevant staff 12
990	990	required for the effective management of the 13
991	991	entire life-cycle of facilities, land, infrastruc-14
992	992	ture, and other relevant capital assets of the 15
993	993	Department, including the following: 16
994	994	(i) Individuals who keep facilities 17
995	995	clean, such as janitorial and housekeeping 18
996	996	staff and housekeeping aids. 19
997	997	(ii) Individuals who maintain facili-20
998	998	ties, such as through repairs and preventa-21
999	999	tive maintenance. 22
1000	1000	(iii) Groundskeepers. 23
1001	1001	(iv) Planners, engineers, and archi-24
1002	1002	tects. 25
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1006	1006	(v) Project managers. 1
1007	1007	(vi) Individuals with expertise in real 2
1008	1008	estate, acquisition, leasing, and easements. 3
1009	1009	(vii) Energy or utility experts, includ-4
1010	1010	ing experts with respect to energy effi-5
1011	1011	ciency and renewable energy. 6
1012	1012	(viii) Individuals who work in— 7
1013	1013	(I) capital asset management; 8
1014	1014	(II) healthcare architecture and 9
1015	1015	engineering; 10
1016	1016	(III) environmental management; 11
1017	1017	or 12
1018	1018	(IV) occupational safety and 13
1019	1019	health. 14
1020	1020	(ix) Individuals who conduct con-15
1021	1021	tracting, including contracting officers, re-16
1022	1022	lated to capital assets locally, regionally, or 17
1023	1023	nationally for all various types of construc-18
1024	1024	tion or infrastructure work, such as minor 19
1025	1025	construction, major construction, non-20
1026	1026	recurring maintenance, and leases. 21
1027	1027	(x) Individuals knowledgeable in rel-22
1028	1028	evant rules and procedures related to prop-23
1029	1029	erty disposal or transfer, environmental re-24
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1033	1033	mediation, historic preservation, and other 1
1034	1034	similar topics. 2
1035	1035	(xi) Relevant legal counsel and staff 3
1036	1036	of the Office of General Counsel needed to 4
1037	1037	perform relevant duties that occur 5
1038	1038	throughout the entire life-cycle of capital 6
1039	1039	asset management activities. 7
1040	1040	(xii) Any other position that has a 8
1041	1041	critical role, including supporting or ena-9
1042	1042	bling functions, in the planning, con-10
1043	1043	tracting, delivery, maintenance, upkeep, 11
1044	1044	and disposal of capital assets. 12
1045	1045	(xiii) Any other positions the Sec-13
1046	1046	retary determines relevant. 14
1047	1047	(4) P
1048	1048	ART TWO.— 15
1049	1049	(A) I
1050	1050	N GENERAL.—Part two of the Plan 16
1051	1051	shall cover the methods undertaken by the De-17
1052	1052	partment to accomplish changes to improve the 18
1053	1053	planning, execution, and delivery of capital 19
1054	1054	asset projects of the Department, such as main-20
1055	1055	tenance, renovations, land acquisition, disposal, 21
1056	1056	reuse, or new construction or leasing, including 22
1057	1057	through better planning, project management, 23
1058	1058	cost, and schedule performance (in this sub-24
1059	1059	section referred to as ‘‘Part Two’’). 25
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1063	1063	(B) ELEMENTS.—Part Two shall include 1
1064	1064	the following: 2
1065	1065	(i) A timeline for accomplishing the 3
1066	1066	changes described in subparagraph (A). 4
1067	1067	(ii) A description of the steps the De-5
1068	1068	partment is taking or plans to take to 6
1069	1069	shorten the time it takes from project con-7
1070	1070	cept to completion while controlling costs 8
1071	1071	and budget, and achieving established 9
1072	1072	goals. 10
1073	1073	(iii) A description of the steps the De-11
1074	1074	partment is taking or plans to take to in-12
1075	1075	crease the capacity and ability of the De-13
1076	1076	partment to complete a larger number of 14
1077	1077	projects in a given year. 15
1078	1078	(iv) A description of what new or 16
1079	1079	modified contracting or other services, ar-17
1080	1080	rangements, strategies, contract vehicles or 18
1081	1081	mechanisms, innovations, pilots, and part-19
1082	1082	nerships the Department is planning to use 20
1083	1083	during the five-year period following the 21
1084	1084	date of the Plan, including— 22
1085	1085	(I) a timeline of how and when 23
1086	1086	the Department will test and imple-24
1087	1087	ment those approaches; and 25
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1091	1091	(II) a description of any limita-1
1092	1092	tions under current law (including 2
1093	1093	regulations) that would prevent or are 3
1094	1094	preventing the Department from 4
1095	1095	using innovative contracting vehicles, 5
1096	1096	services, arrangements, administrative 6
1097	1097	action, or other agreements and strat-7
1098	1098	egies and what legislative changes are 8
1099	1099	needed to facilitate use of those ap-9
1100	1100	proaches, including a description of 10
1101	1101	whether each limitation is a limitation 11
1102	1102	for all Federal agencies or only for 12
1103	1103	the Department. 13
1104	1104	(v) A description of the costs incurred 14
1105	1105	or added to meet Federal or Department 15
1106	1106	standards, including those for resiliency, 16
1107	1107	accessibility, and other areas that are 17
1108	1108	needed and may be greater or more strin-18
1109	1109	gent than private industry standards. 19
1110	1110	(vi) A description of the steps the De-20
1111	1111	partment is taking or plans to take to im-21
1112	1112	prove capital project delivery by standard-22
1113	1113	izing facility design, modularizing facilities 23
1114	1114	components, and taking other steps to ac-24
1115	1115	celerate project delivery while maintaining 25
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1119	1119	flexibility, agility, and quality, including a 1
1120	1120	timeline for the completion of such steps. 2
1121	1121	(vii) A description of steps the De-3
1122	1122	partment is taking or plans to take to 4
1123	1123	make all of its relevant capital assets en-5
1124	1124	ergy efficient. 6
1125	1125	(viii) The steps the Secretary is tak-7
1126	1126	ing or plans to take to ensure the Office of 8
1127	1127	Information and Technology and the Office 9
1128	1128	of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction 10
1129	1129	of the Department, or similar successor of-11
1130	1130	fices, are integrated into all relevant as-12
1131	1131	pects of the capital asset planning and im-13
1132	1132	plementation process of the Department, 14
1133	1133	including at the earliest stage of every rel-15
1134	1134	evant capital asset project in the field so as 16
1135	1135	to improve communication, coordination, 17
1136	1136	and project scope, cost, and schedule. 18
1137	1137	(ix) A description of any other actions 19
1138	1138	the Department is taking or plans to take 20
1139	1139	to improve its delivery and management of 21
1140	1140	capital assets. 22
1141	1141	(x) A description of such legislative or 23
1142	1142	administrative action as the Secretary con-24
1143	1143	siders necessary to more effectively manage 25
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1147	1147	and deliver needed capital assets of the 1
1148	1148	Department. 2
1149	1149	(xi) Such other matters as the Sec-3
1150	1150	retary considers necessary. 4
1151	1151	(b) S
1152	1152	UBSEQUENTREPORTS.—Not later than three 5
1153	1153	years after the date on which the strategic plan required 6
1154	1154	by subsection (a) is submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 7
1155	1155	of such subsection, and once every three years thereafter 8
1156	1156	for a period of six years, the Secretary shall submit to 9
1157	1157	the appropriate committees of Congress a report includ-10
1158	1158	ing— 11
1159	1159	(1) a description of any changes with respect to 12
1160	1160	the matters described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of 13
1161	1161	subsection (a) since the strategic plan was submitted 14
1162	1162	or the previous report was submitted under this sub-15
1163	1163	section, whichever may have been more recent; 16
1164	1164	(2) an explanation of which plans, actions, and 17
1165	1165	initiatives contained in the strategic plan or previous 18
1166	1166	report, as the case may be, were carried out; 19
1167	1167	(3) a list of plans, actions, and initiatives from 20
1168	1168	the strategic plan or previous report, as the case 21
1169	1169	may be, that were not carried out and the reasons 22
1170	1170	for such lack of action; 23
1171	1171	(4) a discussion of the results and performance 24
1172	1172	of the Department since the strategic plan or the 25
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1176	1176	previous report, as the case may be, including in 1
1177	1177	cost savings, faster project delivery, increased capac-2
1178	1178	ity to complete an increased number of projects in 3
1179	1179	a given year, and reduction in the number of 4
1180	1180	unaddressed priority capital asset improvements; 5
1181	1181	and 6
1182	1182	(5) such other matters as the Secretary con-7
1183	1183	siders necessary. 8
1184	1184	SEC. 203. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL ASSET 9
1185	1185	DISPOSAL AND REUSE AND ANNUAL REPORT 10
1186	1186	ON COMPLETION OF DISPOSAL AND REUSE 11
1187	1187	ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 12
1188	1188	AFFAIRS. 13
1189	1189	(a) C
1190	1190	ENTRALIZEDMANAGEMENT.— 14
1191	1191	(1) I
1192	1192	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 15
1193	1193	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
1194	1194	retary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the greatest ex-17
1195	1195	tent practicable, centralize and consolidate the man-18
1196	1196	agement and oversight of all disposal and reuse ac-19
1197	1197	tivities of the Department of Veterans Affairs within 20
1198	1198	one office or sub-office of the Department which 21
1199	1199	shall have the sole focus of property disposal, includ-22
1200	1200	ing reuse, transfer, and demolition. 23
1201	1201	(2) P
1202	1202	LANS AND GOALS.—The office or sub-of-24
1203	1203	fice described in paragraph (1) shall be focused on 25
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1207	1207	developing and implementing a measurable plan with 1
1208	1208	yearly goals to dispose of, reuse, or transfer relevant 2
1209	1209	capital assets. 3
1210	1210	(3) C
1211	1211	ONSOLIDATION OF FUNCTIONS AND EM -4
1212	1212	PLOYEES.—To the greatest extent practical, the Sec-5
1213	1213	retary shall consolidate the functions and employees 6
1214	1214	of the office or sub-office described in paragraph (1) 7
1215	1215	within one organization element of the Department 8
1216	1216	so as to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and ac-9
1217	1217	countability. 10
1218	1218	(4) D
1219	1219	ISPOSAL MANAGEMENT REPORT .— 11
1220	1220	(A) R
1221	1221	EPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 12
1222	1222	one year after the date of the enactment of this 13
1223	1223	Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-14
1224	1224	priate Committees of Congress a report on the 15
1225	1225	actions of the Secretary to carry out this sub-16
1226	1226	section. 17
1227	1227	(B) C
1228	1228	ONTENTS.—The report submitted 18
1229	1229	under subparagraph (A) shall include the fol-19
1230	1230	lowing: 20
1231	1231	(i) A description of whether and how 21
1232	1232	the consolidation has been carried out as 22
1233	1233	required by this subsection. 23
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1237	1237	(ii) Identification of the responsible 1
1238	1238	single official with oversight over all capital 2
1239	1239	asset disposals of the Department. 3
1240	1240	(iii) Observations or conclusions re-4
1241	1241	garding the challenges of managing capital 5
1242	1242	asset disposals of the Department. 6
1243	1243	(iv) Such recommendations for admin-7
1244	1244	istrative or legislative action as the Sec-8
1245	1245	retary may have to improve the organiza-9
1246	1246	tion and effectiveness of the capital asset 10
1247	1247	disposal work of the Department. 11
1248	1248	(b) I
1249	1249	NITIALDISPOSAL ANDREUSEPROGRESSRE-12
1250	1250	PORT.— 13
1251	1251	(1) R
1252	1252	EPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 14
1253	1253	include with the budget justification materials that 15
1254	1254	are submitted to Congress in support of the Depart-16
1255	1255	ment budget for the first fiscal year beginning after 17
1256	1256	the date of the enactment of this Act (as submitted 18
1257	1257	with the budget of the President for such fiscal year 19
1258	1258	under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 20
1259	1259	Code) a report containing a specific timeline to ac-21
1260	1260	complish the disposal and reuse actions the Sec-22
1261	1261	retary included in the disposal and reuse reports in-23
1262	1262	cluded in the annual budget of the Department of 24
1263	1263	Veterans Affairs submitted by the President under 25
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1267	1267	section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or 1
1268	1268	similar future reports. 2
1269	1269	(2) C
1270	1270	ONTENTS.—The report required by para-3
1271	1271	graph (1) shall include the following: 4
1272	1272	(A)(i) A description of a specific timeline 5
1273	1273	and plan to sell, reuse, dispose of, demolish, 6
1274	1274	transfer, or otherwise manage the capital as-7
1275	1275	sets, including individual structures and build-8
1276	1276	ings, that the Secretary has identified in the re-9
1277	1277	ports described in such paragraph in the next 10
1278	1278	fiscal year and over the next five fiscal years. 11
1279	1279	(ii) A description under clause (i) shall— 12
1280	1280	(I) indicate those disposal projects 13
1281	1281	that the Secretary believes have a business 14
1282	1282	case to conduct a disposal and those that 15
1283	1283	the Secretary believes lack a business case; 16
1284	1284	and 17
1285	1285	(II) include an explanation for such 18
1286	1286	reasoning. 19
1287	1287	(B) A list of any impediments or chal-20
1288	1288	lenges, on a project by project basis and in the 21
1289	1289	aggregate, to carrying out any action described 22
1290	1290	in subparagraph (A), including funding con-23
1291	1291	straints, environmental remediation and preser-24
1292	1292	vation mitigation and any need for administra-25
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1296	1296	tive or legislative action to address those im-1
1297	1297	pediments or challenges. 2
1298	1298	(C) A discussion of whether disposal and 3
1299	1299	reuse actions do not get completed or initiated 4
1300	1300	because they may compete for resources with 5
1301	1301	urgent health care delivery or other more time- 6
1302	1302	sensitive infrastructure or other operational 7
1303	1303	needs of the Department. 8
1304	1304	(D) A detailed cost estimate of the fund-9
1305	1305	ing, including funding type, needed to accom-10
1306	1306	plish all of the actions described in paragraph 11
1307	1307	(1), including the number of fiscal years for 12
1308	1308	which such funding is needed and an indication 13
1309	1309	of what funding for capital asset disposal and 14
1310	1310	reuse activities is included in the budget of the 15
1311	1311	President with which the report under such 16
1312	1312	paragraph is included. 17
1313	1313	(E) A discussion of whether the Depart-18
1314	1314	ment would benefit from having a distinct and 19
1315	1315	separate account within the budget of the De-20
1316	1316	partment dedicated to the management of the 21
1317	1317	disposal and reuse of these assets. 22
1318	1318	(F) The cost to maintain capital assets 23
1319	1319	waiting to be processed for disposal or reuse for 24
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1323	1323	the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by 1
1324	1324	project. 2
1325	1325	(G) Such other matters as the Secretary 3
1326	1326	considers appropriate. 4
1327	1327	(c) S
1328	1328	UBSEQUENTDISPOSAL ANDREUSEPROGRESS 5
1329	1329	R
1330	1330	EPORTS.— 6
1331	1331	(1) S
1332	1332	UBSEQUENT REPORTS REQUIRED .—For 7
1333	1333	the first fiscal year after the fiscal year referred to 8
1334	1334	in subsection (b)(1) and each fiscal year thereafter, 9
1335	1335	the Secretary shall include with the budget justifica-10
1336	1336	tion materials that are submitted to Congress in 11
1337	1337	support of the Department budget (as submitted 12
1338	1338	with the budget of the President for such fiscal year 13
1339	1339	under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 14
1340	1340	Code) a report on actions described in such sub-15
1341	1341	section. 16
1342	1342	(2) C
1343	1343	ONTENTS.—Each report required by para-17
1344	1344	graph (1) shall include the following: 18
1345	1345	(A) An update to the most recent report 19
1346	1346	under subsection (b) or this subsection, as ap-20
1347	1347	plicable, with respect to each of subparagraphs 21
1348	1348	(A) through (G) of paragraph (2) of such sub-22
1349	1349	section. 23
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1353	1353	(B) Information on how many disposal and 1
1354	1354	reuse actions from the previous year’s report 2
1355	1355	were accomplished or not accomplished. 3
1356	1356	(C) Information about what may have in-4
1357	1357	hibited the accomplishment of those actions de-5
1358	1358	scribed in subparagraph (B) that were not ac-6
1359	1359	complished. 7
1360	1360	(D) A description of best practices or les-8
1361	1361	sons learned with respect to actions described in 9
1362	1362	subsection (b)(1). 10
1363	1363	(E) Such other matters as the Secretary 11
1364	1364	considers appropriate and relevant. 12
1365	1365	SEC. 204. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO IMPROVE MINOR CON-13
1366	1366	STRUCTION PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF 14
1367	1367	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 15
1368	1368	(a) R
1369	1369	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 16
1370	1370	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 17
1371	1371	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-18
1372	1372	mittees of Congress a report on potential options and al-19
1373	1373	ternatives to improve, reform, and provide more flexibility 20
1374	1374	to the minor construction activities of the Department of 21
1375	1375	Veterans Affairs so as to increase effectiveness in com-22
1376	1376	mencing and delivering minor construction capital asset 23
1377	1377	projects. 24
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1381	1381	(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub-1
1382	1382	section (a) shall include the following: 2
1383	1383	(1) A discussion regarding legislative or admin-3
1384	1384	istrative action to define the term ‘‘minor construc-4
1385	1385	tion’’ for purposes of Department budgeting and ac-5
1386	1386	counting by using an automatic adjustment of the 6
1387	1387	threshold using— 7
1388	1388	(A) an index to adjust for inflation; and 8
1389	1389	(B) another index to adjust for regional 9
1390	1390	variations and trends in the cost of construc-10
1391	1391	tion. 11
1392	1392	(2) A discussion of whether the practice of the 12
1393	1393	Department entering into multiple minor construc-13
1394	1394	tion projects rather than one larger major construc-14
1395	1395	tion project is an efficient best practice for delivery 15
1396	1396	of capital asset projects. 16
1397	1397	(3) A discussion of whether the Department 17
1398	1398	should adopt any best practices of other Federal 18
1399	1399	agencies or non-Federal entities for its minor con-19
1400	1400	struction capital asset projects. 20
1401	1401	(4) Such other suggestions for legislative or ad-21
1402	1402	ministrative action as the Secretary may have with 22
1403	1403	respect to the management, including project thresh-23
1404	1404	olds, of minor construction capital asset projects. 24
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1408	1408	(5) Such other matters as the Secretary con-1
1409	1409	siders appropriate. 2
1410	1410	(c) D
1411	1411	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
1412	1412	(1) M
1413	1413	AJOR CONSTRUCTION .—The term ‘‘major 4
1414	1414	construction’’ means capital project to construct, 5
1415	1415	alter, extend, or improve any facility that involves a 6
1416	1416	total expenditure of more than $20,000,000, includ-7
1417	1417	ing a major medical facility project (as defined in 8
1418	1418	section 8104(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code). 9
1419	1419	(2) M
1420	1420	INOR CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘minor 10
1421	1421	construction’’ means a capital project to construct, 11
1422	1422	alter, extend, or improve any facility that involves a 12
1423	1423	total expenditure of $20,000,000 or less. 13
1424	1424	SEC. 205. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO ALIGNMENT OF 14
1425	1425	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND 15
1426	1426	ACTIVATION OF MEDICAL AND OTHER SPACE 16
1427	1427	OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 17
1428	1428	(a) R
1429	1429	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 18
1430	1430	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 19
1431	1431	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-20
1432	1432	mittees of Congress a report on any potential improve-21
1433	1433	ments to the alignment of funding of the Department of 22
1434	1434	Veterans Affairs for information technology so as to facili-23
1435	1435	tate more effective and efficient activation of medical and 24
1436	1436	other relevant space of the Department. 25
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1440	1440	(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
1441	1441	(a) shall include the following: 2
1442	1442	(1) A description of any current limitations on 3
1443	1443	funding mechanisms, including the timing and se-4
1444	1444	quencing of information technology and health care 5
1445	1445	resources that are needed to purchase, procure, and 6
1446	1446	install information technology equipment and related 7
1447	1447	information technology assets and services needed 8
1448	1448	for the activation of medical and other relevant 9
1449	1449	space of the Department, whether leased, owned, or 10
1450	1450	otherwise under the jurisdiction of the Department. 11
1451	1451	(2) Any proposed solutions the Secretary may 12
1452	1452	have to address the limitations described in para-13
1453	1453	graph (1). 14
1454	1454	(3) Any legislative or administrative action re-15
1455	1455	quired to achieve the solutions described in para-16
1456	1456	graph (2). 17
1457	1457	(4) Such other matters as the Secretary con-18
1458	1458	siders appropriate. 19
1459	1459	SEC. 206. REPORTS ON KEY CAPITAL ASSET INVESTMENTS, 20
1460	1460	ACTIVITIES, AND PERFORMANCE OF DEPART-21
1461	1461	MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 22
1462	1462	(a) I
1463	1463	NGENERAL.—Section 8120 of title 38, United 23
1464	1464	States Code, is amended to read as follows: 24
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1468	1468	‘‘§ 8120. Reports on key capital asset investments, ac-1
1469	1469	tivities, and performance 2
1470	1470	‘‘(a) C
1471	1471	APITALASSETINVESTMENT, ACTIVITIES, AND 3
1472	1472	P
1473	1473	ERFORMANCE.— 4
1474	1474	‘‘(1) I
1475	1475	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 5
1476	1476	after the end of each fiscal year, and every 60 days 6
1477	1477	thereafter until the end of that fiscal year, the Sec-7
1478	1478	retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 8
1479	1479	Congress a report on key capital asset investments, 9
1480	1480	activities, and performance of the Department. 10
1481	1481	‘‘(2) E
1482	1482	LEMENTS.— 11
1483	1483	‘‘(A) F
1484	1484	IRST REPORT IN EACH FISCAL 12
1485	1485	YEAR.—The first report under paragraph (1) in 13
1486	1486	each fiscal year shall include the following: 14
1487	1487	‘‘(i) A brief summary of each capital 15
1488	1488	asset project that was completed in the 16
1489	1489	previous fiscal year. 17
1490	1490	‘‘(ii) A brief summary of the accom-18
1491	1491	plishments, impediments, and challenges 19
1492	1492	experienced by the Department with re-20
1493	1493	spect to capital asset projects in the pre-21
1494	1494	vious fiscal year and a description of ef-22
1495	1495	forts made to address any such impedi-23
1496	1496	ments and challenges. 24
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1500	1500	‘‘(iii) With respect to each capital 1
1501	1501	asset project completed in such year, the 2
1502	1502	following: 3
1503	1503	‘‘(I) The type of project (major 4
1504	1504	construction, minor construction, non- 5
1505	1505	recurring maintenance, leases, or 6
1506	1506	other category, including disposals). 7
1507	1507	‘‘(II) The estimated total cost 8
1508	1508	and the actual total cost of the 9
1509	1509	project. 10
1510	1510	‘‘(III) A description of the 11
1511	1511	project. 12
1512	1512	‘‘(IV) The location and facility 13
1513	1513	with respect to which the project was 14
1514	1514	carried out. 15
1515	1515	‘‘(V) The fiscal quarter the 16
1516	1516	project was expected to begin, the fis-17
1517	1517	cal quarter the project began, the 18
1518	1518	month and year the project was com-19
1519	1519	pleted, and the fiscal quarter the facil-20
1520	1520	ity in connection to such project was 21
1521	1521	in use by veterans, employees of the 22
1522	1522	Department, or other relevant users, 23
1523	1523	as the case may be. 24
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1527	1527	‘‘(iv) In the case of any capital asset 1
1528	1528	project completed during the previous fis-2
1529	1529	cal year with respect to which the final 3
1530	1530	cost of the project (or any increment of the 4
1531	1531	project) was more than 10 percent greater 5
1532	1532	than the estimated cost of the project (or 6
1533	1533	increment) or the completion of such 7
1534	1534	project (or increment) was more than 180 8
1535	1535	days later than the planned schedule for 9
1536	1536	such project (or increment)— 10
1537	1537	‘‘(I) the reason for any such 11
1538	1538	overage or delay; and 12
1539	1539	‘‘(II) actions being taken to pre-13
1540	1540	vent any such overage or delay in fu-14
1541	1541	ture projects. 15
1542	1542	‘‘(v) A list of any capital asset 16
1543	1543	projects cancelled during the previous fis-17
1544	1544	cal year, including any projects in the de-18
1545	1545	sign phase and including the reason for the 19
1546	1546	cancellation. 20
1547	1547	‘‘(vi) A summary of total actual obli-21
1548	1548	gations for capital asset projects for the 22
1549	1549	previous fiscal year, broken out by major 23
1550	1550	construction, minor construction, non-re-24
1551	1551	curring maintenance, and leases, from the 25
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1555	1555	medical facilities appropriation account of 1
1556	1556	the Department. 2
1557	1557	‘‘(vii) A projected list of capital asset 3
1558	1558	projects, broken out by type of project 4
1559	1559	under subclause (I), that are expected to 5
1560	1560	be initiated during the current fiscal year 6
1561	1561	and those that are expected to be com-7
1562	1562	pleted during the current fiscal year, which 8
1563	1563	shall include the following: 9
1564	1564	‘‘(I) The type of project (major 10
1565	1565	construction, minor construction, non- 11
1566	1566	recurring maintenance, leases, or 12
1567	1567	other category, including disposals). 13
1568	1568	‘‘(II) The estimated total cost of 14
1569	1569	the project. 15
1570	1570	‘‘(III) A description of the 16
1571	1571	project. 17
1572	1572	‘‘(IV) The location and facility 18
1573	1573	with respect to which the project was 19
1574	1574	carried out or is expected to be car-20
1575	1575	ried out. 21
1576	1576	‘‘(V) The fiscal quarter the 22
1577	1577	project is expected to begin, the fiscal 23
1578	1578	quarter the project is expected to be 24
1579	1579	completed, and the fiscal quarter the 25
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1583	1583	facility in connection to such project 1
1584	1584	is expected to be in use by veterans, 2
1585	1585	employees of the Department, or other 3
1586	1586	relevant users, as the case may be. 4
1587	1587	‘‘(viii) Projected total obligations for 5
1588	1588	capital asset projects for the current fiscal 6
1589	1589	year, broken out by major construction, 7
1590	1590	minor construction, non-recurring mainte-8
1591	1591	nance, and leases, from the medical facili-9
1592	1592	ties appropriation account of the Depart-10
1593	1593	ment. 11
1594	1594	‘‘(ix) Such observations of best prac-12
1595	1595	tices, impediments, and accomplishments 13
1596	1596	related to the capital asset management 14
1597	1597	and performance of the Department, in-15
1598	1598	cluding any legislative or administrative 16
1599	1599	action, as the Secretary considers appro-17
1600	1600	priate with respect to such practices, im-18
1601	1601	pediments, and accomplishments. 19
1602	1602	‘‘(x) Meaningful metrics that show the 20
1603	1603	progress of the Department toward meet-21
1604	1604	ing relevant goals of the Department relat-22
1605	1605	ing to capital asset management. 23
1606	1606	‘‘(xi) Such other matters as the Sec-24
1607	1607	retary considers appropriate. 25
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1611	1611	‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS .—Each re-1
1612	1612	port in a fiscal year after the first report shall 2
1613	1613	include, at a minimum, relevant updates on any 3
1614	1614	capital asset projects that are ongoing during 4
1615	1615	that fiscal year, including any updates to infor-5
1616	1616	mation provided with respect to such projects 6
1617	1617	under subparagraph (A). 7
1618	1618	‘‘(C) M
1619	1619	ETRICS.—Beginning not later than 8
1620	1620	two years after the date of the enactment of the 9
1621	1621	BUILD for Veterans Act of 2023, the metrics 10
1622	1622	described in subparagraph (A)(x) shall include 11
1623	1623	the metrics developed under section 102(a)(1) 12
1624	1624	of such Act. 13
1625	1625	‘‘(3) M
1626	1626	ATTERS RELATING TO REPORTING 14
1627	1627	COSTS.—In each report under paragraph (1), when 15
1628	1628	reporting on costs for capital asset projects, the Sec-16
1629	1629	retary may include information regarding Federal 17
1630	1630	requirements, including those specific to the Depart-18
1631	1631	ment, that may not exist in the non-Federal con-19
1632	1632	struction sector that may increase costs for capital 20
1633	1633	asset projects. 21
1634	1634	‘‘(b) S
1635	1635	UPERCONSTRUCTIONPROJECTS.— 22
1636	1636	‘‘(1) I
1637	1637	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 23
1638	1638	after the end of each fiscal year, and every 60 days 24
1639	1639	thereafter until the end of that fiscal year, the Sec-25
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1643	1643	retary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 1
1644	1644	Congress a report on the super construction projects 2
1645	1645	carried out by the appropriate non-Department Fed-3
1646	1646	eral entity described in section 8103(e)(1) of this 4
1647	1647	title during such year. 5
1648	1648	‘‘(2) E
1649	1649	LEMENTS.—Each report required under 6
1650	1650	paragraph (1) shall include, for each project de-7
1651	1651	scribed in such paragraph— 8
1652	1652	‘‘(A) the budgetary and scheduling status 9
1653	1653	of the project, as of the last day of the most re-10
1654	1654	cent fiscal quarter ending before the date on 11
1655	1655	which the report is required to be submitted; 12
1656	1656	and 13
1657	1657	‘‘(B) the actual cost and schedule 14
1658	1658	variances of the project, as of such day, com-15
1659	1659	pared to the planned cost and schedules for the 16
1660	1660	project. 17
1661	1661	‘‘(c) D
1662	1662	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18
1663	1663	‘‘(1) A
1664	1664	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -19
1665	1665	GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-20
1666	1666	gress’ means— 21
1667	1667	‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 22
1668	1668	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-23
1669	1669	ate; and 24
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1673	1673	‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 1
1674	1674	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 2
1675	1675	House of Representatives. 3
1676	1676	‘‘(2) C
1677	1677	APITAL ASSET PROJECT.—The term ‘cap-4
1678	1678	ital asset project’ means a capital asset investment 5
1679	1679	or activity of the Department. 6
1680	1680	‘‘(3) S
1681	1681	UPER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT .—The 7
1682	1682	term ‘super construction project’ has the meaning 8
1683	1683	given such term in section 8103(e)(3) of this title.’’. 9
1684	1684	(b) C
1685	1685	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 10
1686	1686	at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 38, 11
1687	1687	United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-12
1688	1688	ing to section 8120 and inserting the following new item: 13
1689	1689	‘‘8120. Reports on key capital asset investments, activities, and performance.’’.
1690	1690	SEC. 207. REPORTS ON PROJECTED NEED FOR FUNDING
1691	1691	14
1692	1692	FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL ASSETS 15
1693	1693	OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 16
1694	1694	(a) I
1695	1695	NITIALREPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 17
1696	1696	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 18
1697	1697	Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate commit-19
1698	1698	tees of Congress a report summarizing the projected 20
1699	1699	amount of funding for infrastructure and capital assets 21
1700	1700	that the Department of Veterans Affairs will need for the 22
1701	1701	10 fiscal years that begin immediately following such date. 23
1702	1702	(b) S
1703	1703	UBSEQUENTREPORTS.—The Secretary shall in-24
1704	1704	clude in the annual budget of the Department submitted 25
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1708	1708	by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 1
1709	1709	States Code, for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 2
1710	1710	thereafter a report described in subsection (a) relating to 3
1711	1711	the 10 fiscal years that begin immediately following the 4
1712	1712	date on which such budget is submitted. 5
1713	1713	(c) E
1714	1714	LEMENTS.—Each report required by this section 6
1715	1715	shall include, for each fiscal year covered by the report 7
1716	1716	and for the entire period covered by the report, the fol-8
1717	1717	lowing: 9
1718	1718	(1) The projected funding needs of the Depart-10
1719	1719	ment disaggregated by funding purpose, including 11
1720	1720	the following: 12
1721	1721	(A) Land acquisition. 13
1722	1722	(B) Operations and maintenance of facili-14
1723	1723	ties of the existing capital asset portfolio of the 15
1724	1724	Department to include the minimum level of 16
1725	1725	funding below which facilities could not be ap-17
1726	1726	propriately maintained. 18
1727	1727	(C) Operations and maintenance of the 19
1728	1728	planned future capital asset portfolio of the De-20
1729	1729	partment. 21
1730	1730	(D) New construction, by type, including 22
1731	1731	major construction, minor construction, and 23
1732	1732	nonrecurring maintenance. 24
1733	1733	(E) Leasing. 25
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1737	1737	(F) Activation of space. 1
1738	1738	(G) Disposal, reuse, and remediation. 2
1739	1739	(H) Staffing to support the planning, de-3
1740	1740	livery, management, and maintenance of the 4
1741	1741	Department’s current and future capital asset 5
1742	1742	portfolio. 6
1743	1743	(I) Such other categories as the Secretary 7
1744	1744	deems relevant. 8
1745	1745	(2) The projected funding needs under para-9
1746	1746	graph (1) disaggregated by— 10
1747	1747	(A) not fewer than five major components 11
1748	1748	of the Department that use infrastructure re-12
1749	1749	sources, including the Veterans Health Admin-13
1750	1750	istration, the National Cemetery Administra-14
1751	1751	tion, the Veterans Benefits Administration, the 15
1752	1752	Office of Information and Technology, and all 16
1753	1753	other staff offices of the Department; and 17
1754	1754	(B) type of capital asset investment. 18
1755	1755	(3) A description of the cost increases which 19
1756	1756	may or have been incurred because of the delay in 20
1757	1757	adequate, stable, and predictable funding and for-21
1758	1758	ward movement on capital asset projects. Such de-22
1759	1759	scription may include a discussion of the negative ef-23
1760	1760	fect of the lack of stable and predictable capital 24
1761	1761	asset funding on the ability of the Department to 25
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1765	1765	plan, staff, and execute effective capital asset man-1
1766	1766	agement. 2
1767	1767	(4) A complete list of capital asset projects (re-3
1768	1768	gardless of size or type) for which all relevant pre-4
1769	1769	paratory work has been conducted and whose key 5
1770	1770	limiting factor in commencing is lack of sufficient 6
1771	1771	funds. 7
1772	1772	(5) Such other matters as the Secretary con-8
1773	1773	siders appropriate, including matters relating to nec-9
1774	1774	essary legislative or administrative action. 10
1775	1775	SEC. 208. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 11
1776	1776	VETERANS AFFAIRS REPORTS ON DEPART-12
1777	1777	MENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 13
1778	1778	(a) I
1779	1779	NGENERAL.—Not later than three years after 14
1780	1780	the date of the enactment of this Act, and at least twice 15
1781	1781	during the six-year period beginning on the date that is 16
1782	1782	three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 17
1783	1783	the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Af-18
1784	1784	fairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-19
1785	1785	gress a report examining the management and perform-20
1786	1786	ance of relevant capital asset projects of the Department. 21
1787	1787	(b) S
1788	1788	AMPLEPROJECTS.—The Inspector General shall 22
1789	1789	select meaningful and representative samples of categories 23
1790	1790	of projects and project management efforts for review, in-24
1791	1791	cluding those that were initiated before the date of the 25
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1795	1795	enactment of this Act and those that were initiated on or 1
1796	1796	after the date of the enactment of this Act, such as major 2
1797	1797	construction, minor construction, nonrecurring mainte-3
1798	1798	nance, major and minor leases, land acquisition, and dis-4
1799	1799	posals. 5
1800	1800	(c) E
1801	1801	LEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-6
1802	1802	section (a) may include, at the discretion of the Inspector 7
1803	1803	General, the following: 8
1804	1804	(1) A comparison of planned versus actual cost, 9
1805	1805	schedule, and scope metrics. 10
1806	1806	(2) Improvements or lack thereof to capital 11
1807	1807	asset project management, including staffing, at the 12
1808	1808	local, regional, or national levels. 13
1809	1809	(3) Observations on key characteristics inhib-14
1810	1810	iting successful delivery of projects or allowing for 15
1811	1811	successful delivery of projects. 16
1812	1812	(4) Identification of areas of waste, fraud, and 17
1813	1813	abuse, if any. 18
1814	1814	(5) Such other matters as the Inspector Gen-19
1815	1815	eral considers appropriate. 20
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1819	1819	SEC. 209. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS ON CAPITAL 1
1820	1820	ASSET PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND EXECU-2
1821	1821	TION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-3
1822	1822	FAIRS. 4
1823	1823	(a) I
1824	1824	NGENERAL.—Not later than three years after 5
1825	1825	the date of the enactment of this Act and not less fre-6
1826	1826	quently than once every three years thereafter until the 7
1827	1827	date that is 9 years after the date of the enactment of 8
1828	1828	this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 9
1829	1829	shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 10
1830	1830	a report reviewing the progress of the Department of Vet-11
1831	1831	erans Affairs toward meeting the goals, metrics, and other 12
1832	1832	plans of the Department under this Act, particularly 13
1833	1833	under sections 101, 102, and 202. 14
1834	1834	(b) E
1835	1835	LEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 15
1836	1836	(a) may include the following: 16
1837	1837	(1) A review of the performance of the Depart-17
1838	1838	ment related to planning, oversight, management of 18
1839	1839	human capital, contracting, and execution of capital 19
1840	1840	asset projects. 20
1841	1841	(2) A review of how the Department is com-21
1842	1842	plying with the requirements of this Act. 22
1843	1843	(3) Such other topics as the Comptroller Gen-23
1844	1844	eral considers appropriate. 24
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1848	1848	SEC. 210. REPORT ON DENTAL CARE PHYSICAL INFRA-1
1849	1849	STRUCTURE NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT OF 2
1850	1850	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 3
1851	1851	Not later than one year after the date of the enact-4
1852	1852	ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 5
1853	1853	submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re-6
1854	1854	port, disaggregated by medical center or other relevant 7
1855	1855	health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 8
1856	1856	on— 9
1857	1857	(1) the physical infrastructure needed (such as 10
1858	1858	new facilities, renovations, remodels, leases, or other 11
1859	1859	infrastructure) to provide dental services to veterans 12
1860	1860	eligible for such services under the laws adminis-13
1861	1861	tered by the Secretary; and 14
1862	1862	(2) the project by project cost and total cost to 15
1863	1863	establish the physical infrastructure specified under 16
1864	1864	paragraph (1) and an estimated timeline to complete 17
1865	1865	such projects upon receipt of appropriate funding. 18
1866	1866	SEC. 211. REPORT ON LONG-TERM CARE PHYSICAL INFRA-19
1867	1867	STRUCTURE NEEDS OF DEPARTMENT OF 20
1868	1868	VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21
1869	1869	(a) I
1870	1870	NGENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 22
1871	1871	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Vet-23
1872	1872	erans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees 24
1873	1873	of Congress a report, disaggregated by medical center or 25
1874	1874	other relevant health care facility of the Department of 26
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1878	1878	Veterans Affairs, identifying the physical infrastructure 1
1879	1879	needs of the Department to support current and future 2
1880	1880	anticipated long-term care needs and models of care for 3
1881	1881	veterans, including— 4
1882	1882	(1) infrastructure needed to support the deliv-5
1883	1883	ery of long-term care for women veterans, veterans 6
1884	1884	with spinal cord injuries and diseases, veterans with 7
1885	1885	traumatic brain injury, veterans with unique behav-8
1886	1886	ioral health needs, veterans with memory loss, and 9
1887	1887	other population groups with unique needs or pro-10
1888	1888	jected future needs; 11
1889	1889	(2) information regarding the plans of the De-12
1890	1890	partment to provide such care as the Department 13
1891	1891	builds internal capacity but space is not yet available 14
1892	1892	to meet the demand for such care; and 15
1893	1893	(3) with respect to any projects needed to pro-16
1894	1894	vide the infrastructure specified under paragraph 17
1895	1895	(1)— 18
1896	1896	(A) the estimated individual project cost 19
1897	1897	and total cost to accomplish those projects; and 20
1898	1898	(B) the estimated individual project 21
1899	1899	timeline to accomplish each such project upon 22
1900	1900	receipt of appropriate funding. 23
1901	1901	(b) I
1902	1902	NCLUSION OF INFORMATION REGARDING 24
1903	1903	P
1904	1904	RIORITIZATION OFCERTAINPROJECTS.—The Secretary 25
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1908	1908	shall include in the report required under subsection (a) 1
1909	1909	information regarding how the infrastructure 2
1910	1910	prioritization processes of the Department, such as the 3
1911	1911	Strategic Capital Investment Planning process, or suc-4
1912	1912	cessor process, could be modified to include higher 5
1913	1913	prioritization of projects that support the provision of a 6
1914	1914	health care service that is not widely available, or is not 7
1915	1915	available in compliance with appropriate quality or access 8
1916	1916	standards, from non-Department providers. 9
1917	1917	(c) D
1918	1918	EVELOPMENT OF REPORT.—In developing the 10
1919	1919	report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 11
1920	1920	consult with relevant regional and national program of-12
1921	1921	fices of the Veterans Health Administration with responsi-13
1922	1922	bility to manage the various health care services covered 14
1923	1923	by the report, including long-term care and care relating 15
1924	1924	to spinal cord injuries and diseases, to ensure that the 16
1925	1925	report contains a holistic, comprehensive, and integrated 17
1926	1926	plan to address the capital asset and other space needs 18
1927	1927	for the population of veterans who require those services. 19
1928	1928	(d) I
1929	1929	NDICATION OFTYPES OFPROJECTS.—In the re-20
1930	1930	port required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall in-21
1931	1931	dicate the projects that can be most efficiently and effec-22
1932	1932	tively accomplished through smaller individual infrastruc-23
1933	1933	ture projects or through a larger medical facility replace-24
1934	1934	ment or new site of care, as determined by the Secretary. 25
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1938	1938	SEC. 212. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY OF 1
1939	1939	USING A DEDICATED BUDGET ACCOUNT FOR 2
1940	1940	MAINTENANCE OF CAPITAL ASSETS OF DE-3
1941	1941	PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
1942	1942	(a) R
1943	1943	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 5
1944	1944	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
1945	1945	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-7
1946	1946	mittees of Congress a report on the feasibility and advis-8
1947	1947	ability of requesting that Congress create a dedicated 9
1948	1948	budget account from which the Department of Veterans 10
1949	1949	Affairs would request funds, based on relevant method-11
1950	1950	ology, formulas and percentages tied to the existing and 12
1951	1951	future capital asset needs of the Department, and if such 13
1952	1952	funds are provided, draw upon to pay for maintenance, 14
1953	1953	preventative maintenance, and repair of the capital assets 15
1954	1954	of the Department. 16
1955	1955	(b) C
1956	1956	ONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 17
1957	1957	(a) shall include the following: 18
1958	1958	(1) The best practices used by the Department, 19
1959	1959	drawing from the Federal Government, State and 20
1960	1960	local governments, nonprofit organizations, private 21
1961	1961	industry, and other appropriate entities, relating to 22
1962	1962	stable and consistent planning and budgeting for 23
1963	1963	capital asset maintenance. 24
1964	1964	(2) Relevant formulas and percentages that the 25
1965	1965	Department currently uses to identify the resources 26
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1969	1969	required for capital asset maintenance or could use 1
1970	1970	to dedicate or segment off funds to pay for needed 2
1971	1971	and expected maintenance costs based on the size, 3
1972	1972	need, complexity, and other requirements of the cap-4
1973	1973	ital asset portfolio of the Department. 5
1974	1974	(3) Such other information as the Secretary 6
1975	1975	considers appropriate. 7
1976	1976	SEC. 213. REPORT ON WOMEN VETERANS RETROFIT INITIA-8
1977	1977	TIVE. 9
1978	1978	Section 5102 of the Deborah Sampson Act of 2020 10
1979	1979	(title V of Public Law 116–315; 38 U.S.C. 8110 note) 11
1980	1980	is amended— 12
1981	1981	(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-13
1982	1982	section (d); and 14
1983	1983	(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-15
1984	1984	lowing new subsection (c): 16
1985	1985	‘‘(c) R
1986	1986	EPORT ONPROJECTS.— 17
1987	1987	‘‘(1) I
1988	1988	N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 18
1989	1989	after the date of the enactment of the BUILD for 19
1990	1990	Veterans Act of 2023, the Secretary shall submit to 20
1991	1991	the appropriate committees of Congress a report 21
1992	1992	containing— 22
1993	1993	‘‘(A) an identification of the funding re-23
1994	1994	quested and the funding provided to the De-24
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1998	1998	partment for retrofitting prioritized under sub-1
1999	1999	section (a) as of the date of the report; 2
2000	2000	‘‘(B) a list of projects conducted with such 3
2001	2001	funding as of such date, including— 4
2002	2002	‘‘(i) amounts obligated for each such 5
2003	2003	project; 6
2004	2004	‘‘(ii) the locations of each such 7
2005	2005	project; 8
2006	2006	‘‘(iii) a short description of each such 9
2007	2007	project; and 10
2008	2008	‘‘(iv) the status of each such project, 11
2009	2009	including an estimated timeline to complete 12
2010	2010	the project; and 13
2011	2011	‘‘(C) a list of projects for retrofitting 14
2012	2012	prioritized under subsection (a) as of such date 15
2013	2013	that remain unfunded as of such date, includ-16
2014	2014	ing— 17
2015	2015	‘‘(i) the estimated funding required 18
2016	2016	for those projects to be completed, on a 19
2017	2017	project by project basis; and 20
2018	2018	‘‘(ii) an estimated timeline to complete 21
2019	2019	each such project if necessary funding and 22
2020	2020	other resources are provided. 23
2021	2021	‘‘(2) U
2022	2022	PDATES.—Not later than one year after 24
2023	2023	the submittal of the report under paragraph (1), and 25
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2027	2027	annually thereafter until the earlier of the date that 1
2028	2028	is 10 years after the submittal of such report or the 2
2029	2029	date on which all projects listed under subpara-3
2030	2030	graphs (B) and (C) of such paragraph have been 4
2031	2031	completed, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-5
2032	2032	priate committees of Congress a report on— 6
2033	2033	‘‘(A) the progress made by the Secretary 7
2034	2034	in completing such projects; and 8
2035	2035	‘‘(B) an identification of the funding re-9
2036	2036	quested and the funding provided to the De-10
2037	2037	partment to complete such projects. 11
2038	2038	‘‘(3) A
2039	2039	PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -12
2040	2040	GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 13
2041	2041	committees of Congress’ means— 14
2042	2042	‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 15
2043	2043	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-16
2044	2044	ate; and 17
2045	2045	‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 18
2046	2046	the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 19
2047	2047	House of Representatives.’’. 20
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2051	2051	SEC. 214. REPORT ON CAPITAL ASSET AND INFORMATION 1
2052	2052	TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF THE RESEARCH AND 2
2053	2053	DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT 3
2054	2054	OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 4
2055	2055	(a) R
2056	2056	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 5
2057	2057	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 6
2058	2058	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on 7
2059	2059	the capital asset and information technology needs of the 8
2060	2060	research and development program of the Department of 9
2061	2061	Veterans Affairs. 10
2062	2062	(b) C
2063	2063	ONTENTS.— 11
2064	2064	(1) I
2065	2065	N GENERAL.—The report required by sub-12
2066	2066	section (a) shall include the following: 13
2067	2067	(A) A comprehensive summary of new fa-14
2068	2068	cilities, renovations of existing facilities, leasing 15
2069	2069	of facilities and any other such facilities or 16
2070	2070	physical infrastructure the Department requires 17
2071	2071	to effectively perform its research and develop-18
2072	2072	ment functions, including projected functions. 19
2073	2073	(B) Detailed information on the informa-20
2074	2074	tion technology resources, projects, equipment, 21
2075	2075	and related information technology needs, 22
2076	2076	disaggregated by type of information technology 23
2077	2077	funding categories, such as development or op-24
2078	2078	erations and maintenance, the Department re-25
2079	2079	quires in order to make the research and devel-26
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2083	2083	opment program and activities of the Depart-1
2084	2084	ment functional and high performing in the 2
2085	2085	short, medium, and long term, and those need-3
2086	2086	ed to enable employees of the Department to 4
2087	2087	perform their research and development in an 5
2088	2088	effective and efficient manner. 6
2089	2089	(C) Such matters as the Secretary deems 7
2090	2090	relevant to maintain and further improve and 8
2091	2091	advance the research and development functions 9
2092	2092	of the Department through improved capital 10
2093	2093	asset and information technology support. 11
2094	2094	(2) R
2095	2095	EQUIREMENTS.— 12
2096	2096	(A) F
2097	2097	ACILITIES.— 13
2098	2098	(i) S
2099	2099	UMMARIES BY PROJECT .—In pro-14
2100	2100	viding information under paragraph 15
2101	2101	(1)(A), the Secretary shall provide esti-16
2102	2102	mated summaries for each project with 17
2103	2103	cost data as well as a realistic multi-year 18
2104	2104	plan to design and deliver the capital asset 19
2105	2105	projects, assuming required funding is pro-20
2106	2106	vided. 21
2107	2107	(ii) I
2108	2108	DENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS .— 22
2109	2109	Each project shall be identified by its 23
2110	2110	project type such as major construction, 24
2111	2111	minor construction, nonrecurring mainte-25
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2115	2115	nance, major lease, minor lease, or such 1
2116	2116	other category as the Secretary determines 2
2117	2117	may be appropriate. 3
2118	2118	(B) I
2119	2119	NFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .—In pro-4
2120	2120	viding information under paragraph (1)(B), the 5
2121	2121	Secretary shall provide estimated summaries for 6
2122	2122	each project or investment with individual and 7
2123	2123	total cost data as well as a realistic multi-year 8
2124	2124	plan to develop relevant requirements and ac-9
2125	2125	quire and deploy the relevant information tech-10
2126	2126	nology services, projects, equipment, and re-11
2127	2127	lated matters. 12
2128	2128	(C) S
2129	2129	COPE.—The scope of the report sub-13
2130	2130	mitted under subsection (a) is on the capital 14
2131	2131	asset, information technology, and other related 15
2132	2132	critical support functions, excluding human cap-16
2133	2133	ital related needs, needed for the Department to 17
2134	2134	perform research and development in an effec-18
2135	2135	tive and efficient manner. 19
2136	2136	(c) C
2137	2137	ONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the report re-20
2138	2138	quired by subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the 21
2139	2139	following: 22
2140	2140	(1) The findings of the 2012 final report of the 23
2141	2141	Research Infrastructure Program of the Depart-24
2142	2142	ment. 25
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2146	2146	(2) Current and updated data providing the 1
2147	2147	most accurate and holistic presentation of the phys-2
2148	2148	ical infrastructure, information technology, and 3
2149	2149	other relevant support function needs of the research 4
2150	2150	and development program of the Department. 5
2151	2151	(3) Such other matters as the Secretary con-6
2152	2152	siders appropriate. 7
2153	2153	SEC. 215. REVIEW AND REPORT ON PROVISIONS OF LAW 8
2154	2154	RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 9
2155	2155	AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AND 10
2156	2156	OVERSIGHT. 11
2157	2157	(a) R
2158	2158	EVIEW.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 12
2159	2159	shall review all relevant authorities of the Department of 13
2160	2160	Veterans Affairs, including those in section 312A of title 14
2161	2161	38, United States Code, and determine whether the provi-15
2162	2162	sions of such authorities are meaningful, relevant, and re-16
2163	2163	flect the current operational needs, organization structure, 17
2164	2164	and all other necessary requirements for the full life-cycle 18
2165	2165	of effective and efficient management of capital assets. 19
2166	2166	(b) R
2167	2167	EPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 20
2168	2168	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 21
2169	2169	to Congress a report regarding whether the authorities re-22
2170	2170	viewed under subsection (a) should be revised to align 23
2171	2171	more closely with current and future projected operational 24
2172	2172	needs of the Department. 25
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2176	2176	(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 1
2177	2177	(b) shall include the following: 2
2178	2178	(1) An assessment of whether other offices, ad-3
2179	2179	ministrations, or entities of the Department should 4
2180	2180	be directed to formally assume certain functions cur-5
2181	2181	rently assigned to officials of the Department, in-6
2182	2182	cluding to the Deputy Secretary, the Director of 7
2183	2183	Construction and Facilities Management, the Under 8
2184	2184	Secretary for Health, the Assistant Secretary for 9
2185	2185	Management, and the Chief Financial Officer, pur-10
2186	2186	suant to statute or Departmental practice, so as to 11
2187	2187	match operational realties and needs, directives, poli-12
2188	2188	cies, and procedures of the Department, to improve 13
2189	2189	efficiencies, streamline management and lines of au-14
2190	2190	thority, responsibility, and accountability or other 15
2191	2191	reasons that would be beneficial to the capital asset 16
2192	2192	management of the Department. 17
2193	2193	(2) An assessment of whether capital asset 18
2194	2194	functions currently not clearly assumed or controlled 19
2195	2195	by other entities of the Department should be more 20
2196	2196	clearly assigned to relevant offices of the Depart-21
2197	2197	ment to match operational realities and needs, direc-22
2198	2198	tives, policies, and procedures of the Department, to 23
2199	2199	improve efficiencies, streamline management and 24
2200	2200	lines of authority and responsibility, or other reasons 25
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2204	2204	that would be beneficial to the capital asset manage-1
2205	2205	ment of the Department. 2
2206	2206	(3) Identification of whether any new offices, 3
2207	2207	structures, positions, or reporting lines should be 4
2208	2208	created or modified in the Department to improve 5
2209	2209	operational effectiveness, performance, and account-6
2210	2210	ability for capital asset management. 7
2211	2211	(4) An assessment of whether a modified De-8
2212	2212	partmental organizational structure and changes to 9
2213	2213	relevant statutory provisions could create a clearly 10
2214	2214	identified single line of accountability and responsi-11
2215	2215	bility for the full life-cycle of capital asset manage-12
2216	2216	ment activities of the Department so as to improve 13
2217	2217	effectiveness, efficiency, performance, and stability 14
2218	2218	of Departmental capital asset management. 15
2219	2219	(5) Specific reasons for the statutory or other 16
2220	2220	changes that are recommended in the report or if no 17
2221	2221	changes are necessary, a justification for not making 18
2222	2222	any changes, including a statement providing the 19
2223	2223	single responsible executive and office in charge of 20
2224	2224	managing all capital asset management activities of 21
2225	2225	the Department as of the date of the report. 22
2226	2226	(6) Identification of such legislative or adminis-23
2227	2227	trative action as the Secretary determines necessary 24
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2231	2231	to implement the changes necessary to improve cap-1
2232	2232	ital asset management at the Department. 2
2233	2233	SEC. 216. IMPROVING PREVENTION, DETECTION, AND RE-3
2234	2234	PORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN 4
2235	2235	DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAP-5
2236	2236	ITAL ASSET PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES. 6
2237	2237	(a) R
2238	2238	EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than one year 7
2239	2239	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 8
2240	2240	of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate com-9
2241	2241	mittees of Congress a report on actions the Department 10
2242	2242	of Veterans Affairs is taking or plans to take to enhance 11
2243	2243	the ability of the Department to prevent, detect, and re-12
2244	2244	port waste, fraud, and abuse occurring in capital asset 13
2245	2245	projects of the Department, whether by employees, con-14
2246	2246	tractors, or other relevant persons or entities involved with 15
2247	2247	the Department. 16
2248	2248	(b) E
2249	2249	LEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 17
2250	2250	(a) shall include the following: 18
2251	2251	(1) An assessment of whether new training or 19
2252	2252	enhancements to existing training should be under-20
2253	2253	taken to improve the prevention, detection, and re-21
2254	2254	porting of waste, fraud, and abuse. 22
2255	2255	(2) Recommendations for such legislative and 23
2256	2256	administrative action as the Secretary determines 24
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2260	2260	appropriate to improve the prevention, detection, 1
2261	2261	and reporting of waste, fraud, and abuse. 2
2262	2262	(3) Such other matters the Secretary considers 3
2263	2263	appropriate. 4
2264	2264	(c) C
2265	2265	ONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), 5
2266	2266	the Secretary— 6
2267	2267	(1) shall consult with the Inspector General of 7
2268	2268	the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Comp-8
2269	2269	troller General of the United States on matters re-9
2270	2270	lating to best practices and strategies to improve de-10
2271	2271	tection and prevention by the Department of waste, 11
2272	2272	fraud, and abuse in capital asset projects and man-12
2273	2273	agement; and 13
2274	2274	(2) may consult with such other persons and 14
2275	2275	entities on such matters as the Secretary considers 15
2276	2276	appropriate. 16
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