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on medical hold or in a medical holdover status at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as a result of seri-
ous injuries or illnesses.
(2) A description of the lodging facilities and
other forms of housing at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, and at each other Army facility, to which are
assigned personnel in medical hold or medical hold-
over status as a result of serious injuries or illnesses,
including—
(A) an assessment of the conditions of such
facilities and housing; and
(B) a description of any plans to correct in-
adequacies in such conditions.
(3) The status, estimated completion date, and
estimated cost of any proposed or ongoing actions to
correct any inadequacies in conditions as described
under paragraph (2).
(4) The number of case managers, platoon ser-
geants, patient advocates, and physical evaluation
board liaison officers stationed at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, and at each other Army facility, to
which are assigned personnel in medical hold or med-
ical holdover status as a result of serious injuries or
illnesses, and the ratio of case workers and platoon
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sergeants to outpatients for whom they are responsible
at each such facility.
(5) The number of telephone calls received during
the preceding 60 days on the Wounded Soldier and
Family hotline (as established on March 19, 2007), a
summary of the complaints or communications re-
ceived through such calls, and a description of the ac-
tions taken in response to such calls.
(6) A summary of the activities, findings, and
recommendations of the Army tiger team of medical
and installation professionals who visited the major
medical treatment facilities and community-based
health care organizations of the Army pursuant to
March 2007 orders, and a description of the status of
corrective actions being taken with to address defi-
ciencies noted by that team.
(7) The status of the ombudsman programs at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center and at other major
Army installations to which are assigned personnel in
medical hold or medical holdover status as a result of
serious injuries or illnesses.
(c) POSTING ON INTERNET.—Not later than 24 hours
after submitting a report under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall post such report on the Internet website of the
Department of Defense that is available to the public.
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SEC. 1673. CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR
THE CLOSURE OF WALTER REED ARMY MED-
ICAL CENTER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) ASSESSMENT OF ACCELERATION OF CONSTRUC-
TION OF FACILITIES.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry
out an assessment of the feasibility (including the cost-effec-
tiveness) of accelerating the construction and completion of
any new facilities required to facilitate the closure of Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, District of Columbia, as re-
quired as a result of the 2005 round of defense base closure
and realignment under the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law
101–510; U.S.C. 2687 note).
(b) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop
and carry out a plan for the construction and com-
pletion of any new facilities required to facilitate the
closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center as re-
quired as described in subsection (a). If the Secretary
determines as a result of the assessment under sub-
section (a) that accelerating the construction and
completion of such facilities is feasible, the plan shall
provide for the accelerated construction and comple-
tion of such facilities in a manner consistent with
that determination.