Sec. 203. Centralized management of capital asset disposal and reuse and annual report on completion of disposal and reuse activities of Department of Veterans Affairs
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, to the greatest extent practicable, centralize and consolidate the management and oversight of all disposal and reuse activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs within one office or sub-office of the Department which shall have the sole focus of property disposal, including reuse, transfer, and demolition. The office or sub-office described in paragraph
(1)shall be focused on developing and implementing a measurable plan with yearly goals to dispose of, reuse, or transfer relevant capital assets. To the greatest extent practical, the Secretary shall consolidate the functions and employees of the office or sub-office described in paragraph
(1)within one organization element of the Department so as to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress a report on the actions of the Secretary to carry out this subsection. The report submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall include the following: A description of whether and how the consolidation has been carried out as required by this subsection. Identification of the responsible single official with oversight over all capital asset disposals of the Department. Observations or conclusions regarding the challenges of managing capital asset disposals of the Department. Such recommendations for administrative or legislative action as the Secretary may have to improve the organization and effectiveness of the capital asset disposal work of the Department. The Secretary shall include with the budget justification materials that are submitted to Congress in support of the Department 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 disposal and reuse actions 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, transfer, or otherwise manage the capital assets, including individual structures and buildings, that the Secretary has identified in the reports described in such paragraph in the next fiscal year and over the next five fiscal years. A description under clause
(i)shall— indicate those disposal projects that the Secretary believes have a business case to conduct a disposal and those that the Secretary believes lack a business case; and include an explanation for such reasoning. A list of any impediments or challenges, on a project by project basis and in the aggregate, to carrying out any action described in subparagraph (A), including funding constraints, environmental remediation and preservation mitigation and any need for administrative 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 may compete for resources with urgent health care delivery or other more time-sensitive infrastructure or other operational 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 and an indication of what funding for capital asset disposal and reuse activities is included in the budget of the President with which the report under such paragraph is included. 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 and reuse of these assets. The cost to maintain capital assets waiting to be processed for disposal or reuse for the preceding fiscal year, disaggregated by project. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. For the first fiscal year after the fiscal year referred to in subsection (b)(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 (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
(b)or this subsection, as applicable, with respect to each of subparagraphs
(A)through
(G)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 (b)(1). Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate and relevant.