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‘‘§ 8175. Information technology matters to be in-
cluded in budget justification materials 
for the Department 
‘‘(a) LIST OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS 
IN EFFECT.—The Secretary shall ensure that whenever 
the budget justification materials are submitted to Con-
gress in support of the Department budget for a fiscal 
year (as submitted with the budget of the President for 
such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31), such 
budget justification materials include a list of every infor-
mation technology project currently in effect at the De-
partment (including not only congressional projects and 
subprojects as determined by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget or the Secretary). 
‘‘(b) PRIORITIZED LIST OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS.— 
(1) In addition to the list included in the budget justifica-
tion materials required by subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall ensure that the budget justification materials de-
scribed in such subsection also include summary descrip-
tions and a prioritized list, in rank order, of every informa-
tion technology project of the Department, proposed or in-
tended to be proposed for the following one, two, or three 
fiscal years, that is unfunded as of the time of the inclu-
sion of the list under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) In producing the list required by paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) ensure such list represents a ranking of all 
proposed information technology projects that re-
flects the needs of all elements of the Department; 
‘‘(B) produce one unified list for the entire De-
partment demonstrating how the various proposed 
information technology projects of each of the ele-
ments of the Department rank in priority with the 
information technology projects of the other ele-
ments of the Department; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that the list— 
‘‘(i) does not disaggregate and rank infor-
mation technology projects based on element of 
the Department; and 
‘‘(ii) does identify the element of the De-
partment requesting the information technology 
project. 
‘‘(3)(A) In producing each list under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall prioritize and rank each information 
technology project based on an assessment of each of the 
following factors: 
‘‘(i) Degree of collaboration between business 
owners and the Chief Information Officer with re-
spect to joint functional-technical planning, require-
ments, and management. 
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‘‘(ii) Operational or efficiency benefits to em-
ployees of the Department created or produced by 
the information technology project. 
‘‘(iii) The life cycle cost of the information tech-
nology project. 
‘‘(iv) The cost savings or cost avoidance yielded 
by the information technology project. 
‘‘(v) Time to completion of the information 
technology project. 
‘‘(vi) The difficulty of the information tech-
nology project, the likelihood the information tech-
nology project will be completed, or the risks associ-
ated with undertaking the information technology 
project. 
‘‘(vii) Tangible benefits to veterans created or 
produced by the information technology project. 
‘‘(viii) Such other factors as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall ensure that each list pro-
duced under paragraph (1) includes, for each information 
technology project included in the list, a brief description 
of the findings of the Secretary with respect to each as-
sessment carried out by the Secretary for each factor for 
the information technology project under subparagraph 
(A). 
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‘‘(c) PROJECTED FUNDING NEEDS.—(1) In addition 
to the matters included under subsections (a) and (b), the 
Secretary shall ensure that the budget justification mate-
rials described in subsection (a) also include a projection 
of the one-year, two-year, and three-year funding needs 
of 
the 
Department 
for 
information 
technology, 
disaggregated by— 
‘‘(A) portfolio; and 
‘‘(B) the product line of the Department that 
requires the funding. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the projections under paragraph 
(1), with respect to each of the periods set forth in such 
paragraph, the Secretary shall include a description of the 
funding required for each technology business manage-
ment category used by the Office of Information Tech-
nology of the Department (commonly referred to as ‘cost 
pools’ and ‘towers’).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES 
‘‘Sec. 8171. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 8172. Management of major information technology projects. 
‘‘Sec. 8173. Information technology activities of the Financial Services Center. 
‘‘Sec. 8174. Submission of annual reviews of information technology. 
‘‘Sec. 8175. Information technology matters to be included in budget justifica-
tion materials for the Department.’’. 
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(c) APPLICATION AND REPORT REGARDING MANAGE-
MENT
OF
MAJOR
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) CURRENT AND NEW MAJOR PROJECTS.— 
Except as specifically provided in subsection (a) of 
section 8172 of title 38, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section, such section 
8172 shall apply with respect to major information 
technology projects that begin before, on, or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) REPORT ON CURRENT PROJECTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on each major information technology 
project that the Secretary is carrying out as of 
the date of the report. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The report submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall contain, with re-
spect to each project described in such subpara-
graph, information on the cost, schedule, and 
performance of the project as described in sub-
section (a) of section 8172 of such title, as so 
added. 
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(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ and 
‘‘major information technology project’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 8171 of title 
38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) 
of this section. 
(d) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES OF THE 
FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTER.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 8173 of such 
title, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a)(2) of such 
section shall apply with respect to contracts and 
agreements entered into on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(e) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
REQUIREMENT
FOR 
PROJECTS
IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATERIALS.— 
Subsection (c) of section 8175 of such title, as added by 
subsection (a) of this section, shall take effect on the first 
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Monday in the second January beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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