(B) the Advisory Committee on Women 
Veterans, established under section 542 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date on which the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs publishes a final report on 
the study entitled ‘‘National Survey of Women Vet-
erans in Fiscal Year 2007–2008’’, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report 
on the status of the implementation of the section. 
(2) REPORT
ON
STUDY.—Not later than 30 
months after the date on which the Department 
publishes such final report, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on 
the study required under this section. The report 
shall include recommendations for such administra-
tive and legislative action as the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs determines to be appropriate. The re-
port shall also include the findings of the head of 
each specified division of the Department and of the 
Under Secretary for Health. 
(f) DEFINITION
OF FACILITY
OF
THE DEPART-
MENT.—In this section the term ‘‘facility of the Depart-
ment’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1701(3) 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs $4,000,000 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 102. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN’S 
HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall conduct a comprehensive assessment of all health 
care services and programs provided by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for the health care needs of women 
veterans. Such comprehensive assessment shall include as-
sessments of specialized programs for women with post- 
traumatic stress disorder, for women who are homeless, 
for women who require care for substance abuse or mental 
illnesses, and for women who require obstetric and 
gynecologic care. 
(b) SPECIFIC MATTERS STUDIED.— 
(1) IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAMS.—For each 
medical facility of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall identify 
each of the following types of programs for women 
veterans provided by the Department and determine 
whether effective health care services, including evi-
denced-based health care services, are readily avail-
able to and easily accessed by women veterans: 
(A) Health promotion programs, including 
reproductive health promotion programs. 
(B) Disease prevention programs. 
(C) Health care programs. 
(2) IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT ISSUES.—In 
making such determination, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall identify, for each medical facility 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs— 
(A) the frequency with which such services 
are available and provided, 
(B) the demographics of the women vet-
erans population, 
(C) the sites where such services are avail-
able and provided, and 
(D) whether, and to what extent, waiting 
lists, geographic distance, and other factors ob-
struct the receipt of any of such services at any 
such site. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT.—The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter into a contract 
with a qualified independent entity or organization to 
carry out the studies and research required under this sec-
tion.