IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1066 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 7, 2017 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

AN ACT 

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. 


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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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF 

7 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

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

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

10 Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af11 fairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

12 report (including recommendations for legislation the Sec13 retary considers appropriate) regarding the roles, respon14 sibility, and accountability of elements and individuals of 

15 the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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

17 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

18 (1) utilize the results of— 

19 (A) the Independent Assessment of the 

20 Health Care Delivery Systems and Management 

21 Process of the Department of Veterans Affairs 

22 established by section 201 of the Veterans Ac23 cess, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 

24 (Public Law 113–146); 


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1 (B) any study or report by the Commission 

2 on Care established by section 202 of the Vet3 erans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 

4 2014 (Public Law 113–146); and 

5 (C) other studies or reports, including a 

6 report titled ‘‘Task Force on Improving Effec7 tiveness of VHA Governance: Report to the 

8 VHA Under Secretary for Health’’, dated Feb9 ruary 28, 2015; and 

10 (2) specify clearly delineated roles and respon11 sibilities to optimize the organizational effectiveness 

12 and accountability of each— 

13 (A) Administration, staff office, or staff or14 ganization; 

15 (B) subordinate organization of each Ad16 ministration, staff office, or staff organization; 

17 and 

18 (C) key leader of the Department in rela19 tion to any Administration, staff office, or staff 

20 organization, Veteran Integrated Service Net21 work, or medical facility. 

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

23 of the Department’’ includes— 

24 (1) the Secretary; 

25 (2) the Deputy Secretary; 


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1 (3) each Under Secretary; 

2 (4) each Assistant Secretary; 

3 (5) each Deputy Assistant Secretary; 

4 (6) the Chief Financial Officer; 

5 (7) the Chief Information Officer; 

6 (8) the General Counsel; 

7 (9) the Inspector General; 

8 (10) the Director of Construction and Facilities 

9 Management; 

10 (11) the Chief of Staff; 

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

12 Appeals; 

13 (13) the Vice Chairman of the Board of Vet14 erans’ Appeals; 

15 (14) the Director of each Veterans Integrated 

16 Service Network; and 

17 (15) the Director of each medical facility. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 

2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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