(2) LIMITATION.—A transfer of a facility of the 
Veterans Health Administration may be made under 
paragraph (1) only if the Secretary certifies to Con-
gress that— 
(A) the costs of all environmental restora-
tion, waste management, and environmental 
compliance activities otherwise to be paid by the 
Secretary with respect to the facility of the Vet-
erans Health Administration are equal to or 
greater than the fair market value of the prop-
erty or facilities to be transferred, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; or 
(B) if such costs are lower than the fair 
market value of the facility of the Veterans 
Health Administration, the recipient of such 
transfer agrees to pay the difference between 
the fair market value and such costs. 
(3) PAYMENT BY THE SECRETARY FOR CER-
TAIN TRANSFERS.—In the case of a facility of the 
Veterans Health Administration covered by a certifi-
cation under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary may 
pay the recipient of such facility an amount equal to 
the lesser of— 
(A) the amount by which the costs in-
curred by the recipient of the facility of the 
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Veterans Health Administration for all environ-
mental restoration, waste, management, and en-
vironmental compliance activities with respect 
to such facility exceed the fair market value of 
such property as specified in such certification; 
or 
(B) the amount by which the costs (as de-
termined by the Secretary) that would other-
wise have been incurred by the Secretary for 
such restoration, management, and activities 
with respect to such facility of the Veterans 
Health Administration exceed the fair market 
value of property as so specified. 
(4) DISCLOSURE.—As part of an agreement 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall disclose to 
the person to whom the facility of the Veterans 
Health Administration will be transferred any infor-
mation of the Secretary regarding the environmental 
restoration, waste management, and environmental 
compliance activities described in paragraph (1) that 
relate to the facility of the Veterans Health Admin-
istration. The Secretary shall provide such informa-
tion before entering into the agreement. 
(5) APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
ENVIRON-
MENTAL LAWS.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 
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construed to modify, alter, or amend the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) 
or the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 106. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ASSET AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE REVIEW ACCOUNT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 
the ledgers of the Treasury an account to be known as 
the ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs Asset and Infra-
structure Review Account’’ which shall be administered by 
the Secretary as a single account. 
(b) CREDITS TO ACCOUNT.—There shall be credited 
to the Account the following: 
(1) Funds authorized for and appropriated to 
the Account. 
(2) Funds that the Secretary may transfer to 
the Account from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for any purpose, except 
that funds may be transferred under the authority 
of this paragraph only after the latter of the dates 
on which the Secretary— 
(A) transmits written notice of, and jus-
tification for, such transfer to the Committees 
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on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) receives approval of such transfer from 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
(3) Proceeds received from the lease, transfer, 
or disposal of any property at a facility of the Vet-
erans Health Administration closed or realigned 
under this title. 
(c) USE OF ACCOUNT.—The Secretary may use the 
funds in the Account only for the following purposes: 
(1) To carry out this title. 
(2) To cover property management and disposal 
costs incurred at facilities of the Veterans Health 
Administration closed, modernized, or realigned 
under this title. 
(3) To cover costs associated with supervision, 
inspection, overhead, engineering, and design of con-
struction projects undertaken under this title, and 
subsequent claims, if any, related to such activities. 
(4) Other purposes that the Secretary deter-
mines support the mission and operations of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
(d) CONSOLIDATED BUDGET JUSTIFICATION DIS-
PLAY FOR ACCOUNT.— 
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(1) CONSOLIDATED BUDGET INFORMATION RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary shall establish a consoli-
dated budget justification display in support of the 
Account that for each fiscal year— 
(A) details the amount and nature of cred-
its to, and expenditures from, the Account dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year; 
(B) separately details the environmental 
remediation costs associated with facility of the 
Veterans Health Administration for which a 
budget request is made; 
(C) specifies the transfers into the Account 
and the purposes for which these transferred 
funds will be further obligated, to include care-
taker and environment remediation costs associ-
ated with each facility of the Veterans Health 
Administration; and 
(D) details any intra-budget activity trans-
fers 
within 
the 
Account 
that 
exceeded 
$1,000,000 during the preceding fiscal year or 
that are proposed for the next fiscal year and 
will exceed $1,000,000. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall include 
the information required by paragraph (1) in the 
materials that the Secretary submits to Congress in 
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support of the budget for a fiscal year submitted by 
the President pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(e) CLOSURE OF ACCOUNT; TREATMENT OF REMAIN-
ING FUNDS.— 
(1) CLOSURE.—The Account shall be closed at 
the time and in the manner provided for appropria-
tion accounts under section 1555 of title 31, United 
States Code, except that unobligated funds which re-
main in the Account upon closure shall be held by 
the Secretary of the Treasury until transferred to 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by law after the 
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives receive the final report 
transmitted under paragraph (2). 
(2) FINAL
REPORT.—No later than 60 days 
after the closure of the Account under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall transmit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a report containing an accounting of— 
(A) all the funds credited to and expended 
from the Account or otherwise expended under 
this title; and 
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(B) any funds remaining in the Account. 
SEC. 107. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMIS-
SION REPORT. 
(a) DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 
section 104(b), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a 
joint resolution which is introduced within the 5-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the President trans-
mits the report to the Congress under section 103(d), 
and— 
(1) which does not have a preamble; 
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘that Congress disapproves the 
recommendations of the VHA Asset and Infrastruc-
ture Review Commission as submitted by the Presi-
dent on lll’’, the blank space being filled with 
the appropriate date; and 
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the 
VHA Asset and Infrastructure Review Commis-
sion.’’. 
(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.— 
(1) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—Any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives to which a 
joint resolution is referred shall report it to the 
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House without amendment not later than 15 legisla-
tive days after the date of introduction thereof. If a 
committee fails to report the joint resolution within 
that period, the committee shall be discharged from 
further consideration of the joint resolution. 
(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—It shall 
be in order at any time after the third legislative day 
after each committee authorized to consider a joint 
resolution has reported or has been discharged from 
consideration of a joint resolution, to move to pro-
ceed to consider the joint resolution in the House. 
All points of order against the motion are waived. 
Such a motion shall not be in order after the House 
has disposed of a motion to proceed on a joint reso-
lution addressing a particular submission. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the 
motion to its adoption without intervening motion. 
The motion shall not be debatable. A motion to re-
consider the vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order. 
(3) 
CONSIDERATION.—The 
joint 
resolution 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the joint resolution and against its consider-
ation are waived. The previous question shall be con-
sidered as ordered on the joint resolution to its pas-
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sage without intervening motion except two hours of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent. A motion to reconsider the 
vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 
in order. 
(c) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) REFERRAL.—A joint resolution introduced 
in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs. 
(2) REPORTING
AND
DISCHARGE.—Any com-
mittee of the Senate to which a joint resolution is 
referred shall report it to the Senate without amend-
ment not later than 15 session days after the date 
of introduction of a joint resolution described in sub-
section (a). If a committee fails to report the joint 
resolution within that period, the committee shall be 
discharged from further consideration of the joint 
resolution and the joint resolution shall be placed on 
the calendar. 
(3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 
in order at any time after the third session day 
on which the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
has reported or has been discharged from con-
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sideration of a joint resolution described in sub-
section (a) (even though a previous motion to 
the same effect has been disagreed to) to move 
to proceed to the consideration of the joint reso-
lution, and all points of order against the joint 
resolution (and against consideration of the 
joint resolution) are waived. The motion to pro-
ceed is not debatable. The motion is not subject 
to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 
the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of the resolution 
is agreed to, the joint resolution shall remain 
the unfinished business until disposed of. 
(B) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of 
the joint resolution, and on all debatable mo-
tions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between the majority 
and minority leaders or their designees. A mo-
tion further to limit debate is in order and not 
debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of other business, or a motion to recom-
mit the joint resolution is not in order. 
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(C) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate has 
voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the vote 
on passage of the joint resolution shall occur 
immediately following the conclusion of consid-
eration of the joint resolution, and a single 
quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if 
requested in accordance with the rules of the 
Senate. 
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a joint resolution shall be decided 
without debate. 
(d) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolution 
of disapproval considered pursuant to this section shall not 
be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate. 
(e) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 
resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 
resolution— 
(A) the joint resolution of the other House 
shall not be referred to a committee; and 
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(B) the procedure in the receiving House 
shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 
been received from the other House until the 
vote on passage, when the joint resolution re-
ceived from the other House shall supplant the 
joint resolution of the receiving House. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
JOINT
RESOLUTION
OF 
OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 
consider a joint resolution under this section, the 
joint resolution of the House shall be entitled to ex-
pedited floor procedures under this section. 
(3) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.— 
If, following passage of the joint resolution in the 
Senate, the Senate then receives the companion 
measure from the House of Representatives, the 
companion measure shall not be debatable. 
(f) RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AND SENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a joint resolution, and it super-
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