Sec. 104. Actions regarding infrastructure and facilities of the Veterans Health Administration
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Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall begin to implement the recommended modernizations and realignments in the report under section 103(d) not later than three years after the date on which the President transmits such report to Congress. Such implementation includes the planning of modernizations and realignments of facilities of the Veterans Health Administration as recommended in such report. The Secretary may not carry out any modernization or realignment recommended by the Commission in a report transmitted from the President pursuant to section 103(d) if a joint resolution is enacted, in accordance with the provisions of section 107, disapproving such recommendations of the Commission before the earlier of— the end of the 45-day period beginning on the date on which the President transmits such report; or the adjournment of Congress sine die for the session during which such report is transmitted.
For purposes of paragraph
(1)and subsections
(a)and
(c)of section 107, the days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain shall be excluded in the computation of a period. Any obligation or expenditure of funds for any major medical facility project or any major medical facility lease under subsection
(a)shall be treated as if specifically authorized by law for purposes of section 8104 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by sections 201 and 202 of this Act.