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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1066 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Committees 

on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

a report regarding the organizational structure of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2017 

Mr. KILMER (for himself and Mr. NEWHOUSE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 

the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives a report regarding the 

organizational structure of the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 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 ‘‘VA Management 

5 Alignment Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF 

2 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

3 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 

5 Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af6 fairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

7 report (including recommendations for legislation the Sec8 retary considers appropriate) regarding the roles, respon9 sibility, and accountability of elements and individuals of 

10 the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

11 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—In creating the report 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) utilize the results of— 

14 (A) the Independent Assessment of the 

15 Health Care Delivery Systems and Management 

16 Process of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

17 established by section 201 of the Veterans Ac18 cess, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 

19 (Public Law 113–146); 

20 (B) any study or report by the Commission 

21 on Care established by section 202 of the Vet22 erans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 

23 2014 (Public Law 113–146); and 

24 (C) other studies or reports, including a 

25 report titled ‘‘Task Force on Improving Effec26 tiveness of VHA Governance: Report to the 


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1 VHA Under Secretary for Health’’, dated Feb2 ruary 28, 2015; and 

3 (2) specify clearly delineated roles and respon4 sibilities to optimize the organizational effectiveness 

5 and accountability of each— 

6 (A) Administration, staff office, or staff or7 ganization; 

8 (B) subordinate organization of each Ad9 ministration, staff office, or staff organization; 

10 and 

11 (C) key leader of the Department in rela12 tion to any Administration, staff office, or staff 

13 organization, Veteran Integrated Service Net14 work, or medical facility. 

15 (c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘key leader 

16 of the Department’’ includes— 

17 (1) the Secretary; 

18 (2) the Deputy Secretary; 

19 (3) each Under Secretary; 

20 (4) each Assistant Secretary; 

21 (5) each Deputy Assistant Secretary; 

22 (6) the Chief Financial Officer; 

23 (7) the Chief Information Officer; 

24 (8) the General Counsel; 

25 (9) the Inspector General; 


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1 (10) the Director of Construction and Facilities 

2 Management; 

3 (11) the Chief of Staff; 

4 (12) the Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ 

5 Appeals; 

6 (13) the Vice Chairman of the Board of Vet7 erans’ Appeals; 

8 (14) the Director of each Veterans Integrated 

9 Service Network; and 

10 (15) the Director of each medical facility. 

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