Sec. 1069. COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

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## SEC. 1069 COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ###

(a)Briefing Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the administration and oversight by the Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the design and construction of major medical facility projects, as defined in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code. ###

(b)Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the administration and oversight described in subsection (a). ###

(c)Elements The briefing required by subsection

(a)and the report required by subsection

(b)shall each include an examination of the following: ####

(1)The processes used by the Department for overseeing and assuring the performance of construction design and construction contracts for major medical facility projects, as so defined. ####

(2)Any actions taken by the Department to improve the administration of such contracts. ####

(3)Such opportunities for further improvement of the administration of such contracts as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. ###

(d)Appropriate committees of congress defined In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.