Sec. 203. Annual report on completion of disposal and reuse requirements of Department of Veterans Affairs
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall include with the budget justification materials that are submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act (as submitted with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report containing a specific timeline to accomplish the actions required of the Secretary included in the disposal and reuse reports included in the annual budget of the Department of Veterans Affairs submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or similar future reports.
The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of a specific timeline and plan to sell, reuse, dispose of, demolish, or otherwise manage the property that the Secretary has identified in the reports described in such subsection. A list of any impediments or challenges to carrying out any action described in subparagraph (A), including environmental remediation and preservation mitigation and any assistance need for executive or legislative action to address those impediments or challenges. A discussion of whether disposal and reuse actions do not get completed or initiated because they most compete with urgent direct health care or other more time-sensitive infrastructure needs of the Department. A detailed cost estimate of the funding, including funding type, needed to accomplish all of the actions described in paragraph (1), including the number of fiscal years for which such funding is needed. A discussion of whether the Department would benefit from having a distinct and separate account within the budget of the Department dedicated to the management of the disposal of these assets. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. For the first fiscal year after the fiscal year referred to in subsection (a)(1) and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall include with the budget justification materials that are submitted to Congress in support of the Department budget for that first fiscal (as submitted with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report on actions described in such subsection. Each report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An update to the most recent report under subsection
(a)or this subsection, as applicable, with respect to each of subparagraphs
(A)through
(F)of paragraph
(2)of such subsection. Information on how many disposal and reuse actions from the previous year's report were accomplished or not accomplished. Information about what may have inhibited the accomplishment of those actions described in subparagraph
(B)that were not accomplished. A description of best practices or lessons learned with respect to actions described in subsection (a)(1).