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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1531 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Department 

of Veterans Affairs the position of Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, 

Logistics, and Construction, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2009 

Mr. PRYOR introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within 

the Department of Veterans Affairs the position of Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Reorganization Act of 2009’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AC2 QUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND CONSTRUCTION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 308 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘seven’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘eight’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

9 through (11) as subparagraphs (A) through 

10 (K), respectively; 

11 (B) in the matter before subparagraph 

12 (A), as redesignated by subparagraph (A) of 

13 this paragraph, by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘(1) Except as provided in para15 graph (2), the Secretary’’; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated 

17 by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Capital’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘Construction capital’’; 

19 (D) in subparagraph (J), as redesignated 

20 by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Procure21 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘Acquisition’’; and 

22 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(2) Of the Assistant Secretaries appointed under 

25 subsection (a), one shall be the Assistant Secretary for 

26 Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction who shall provide 

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1 policy direction and management oversight with respect to 

2 acquisition and construction programs of the Department 

3 and shall be assigned the responsibilities described in sub4 paragraphs (F) and (J) of paragraph (1).’’. 

5 (b) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT

6 SECRETARIES AUTHORIZED.—Subsection (d) of such sec7 tion is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not exceeding 

9 19’’ and inserting ‘‘not exceeding 27’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) Of the Deputy Assistant Secretaries authorized 

13 under paragraph (1), the Secretary may appoint not more 

14 than eight Deputy Assistant Secretaries to manage pro15 grams of the Department relating to construction, facili16 ties, asset management, and information technology.’’. 

17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

18 (1) REPEAL OF DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION

19 AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.— 

20 (A) REPEAL.—Section 312A of such title 

21 is repealed. 

22 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

23 sections at the beginning of chapter 3 of such 

24 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

25 section 312A. 

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1 (2) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES

2 CODE.—Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries, De4 partment of Veterans Affairs (7)’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Assistant Secretaries, Department of Veterans Af6 fairs (8)’’. 

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