Sec. 321. Review of resilience of facilities, land, and other relevant capital assets of Department of Veterans Affairs
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Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the resilience of mission critical assets of the Department of Veterans Affairs as it relates to extreme weather events. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An assessment and description of which mission critical existing facilities, land, and other relevant capital assets of the Department, disaggregated by State, territory of the United States, and type of facility, land, or asset, are at highest risk due to vulnerabilities relating to proximity to— a body of water; or an area prone to— flooding, including flooding due to rising sea levels; wildfire; or tornadoes, hurricanes, or other storms or extreme weather events. A description of strategies to improve the resilience of existing facilities, land, and other relevant capital assets assessed to be at highest risk pursuant to paragraph (1), including potential modifications to facility operations and maintenance practices. Recommendations of the Secretary for best practices, standards, and solutions for future placement, planning, renovation, leasing, purchase, construction, and disposal of facilities, land, and other mission critical assets of the Department to avoid or mitigate the challenges resulting from the placement of a facility or asset in an area at risk of being vulnerable to harm from the impacts of changing environmental conditions and an assessment of whether additional resources are necessary to address the risks at each such facility or for each such asset. A description of— recommendations for legislative or administrative action to mitigate and respond to the findings under paragraphs
(1)through (3); actions taken by the Secretary during the three fiscal years immediately preceding the date of the submission of the report and actions planned to be taken by the Secretary during the three fiscal years immediately following such date to improve the resilience of existing facilities, land, infrastructure, and other relevant capital assets under the jurisdiction or control of the Department of Veterans Affairs that are mission critical and assessed to be highest risk pursuant to paragraph (1); changes in policies, directives, and procedures of the Department to mitigate, plan for, and improve resilience of future constructed, leased, or other facilities, land, infrastructure, and other relevant capital assets under the jurisdiction or control of the Department; how the Department has incorporated or will incorporate resilience information into the processes and procedures of the Department for capital asset investment decisions; changes the Department will make to ensure the facilities, land, infrastructure, and other relevant capital assets of the Department are available to furnish care and services under section 1785 of title 38, United States Code, during or following a disaster or emergency; the estimated cost to implement the changes described in the report; the estimated timeline to implement the changes described in the report; and such other matters as the Secretary determines appropriate.