I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2808
To require advance notification of Congress regarding any action proposed 
to be taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the implementation 
of the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2003
Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mrs. EMERSON, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. 
FROST, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. SKELTON, 
Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. BONO, Mr. WU, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. ISSA, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JONES of North 
Carolina, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LINDER, 
Mr. ROSS, Mr. NEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. 
OTTER, Mr. FILNER, Mr. PICKERING, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. AL-
EXANDER, Mr. BELL, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, 
Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. MCCARTHY of 
Missouri, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, 
Mr. TANNER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. KLECZKA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NAD-
LER, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. WYNN, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. 
MAJETTE, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. WEINER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. EMANUEL, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. ORTIZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HALL, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 
Mr. COOPER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. 
HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
MATSUI, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. FORD, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. 
LAMPSON, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. KIND, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. BERRY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illi-
nois, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MILLER of 
North Carolina, Mr. BACA, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Mr. PASTOR, Mr. REYES, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. UDALL of 
Colorado, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mr. ACKER-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require advance notification of Congress regarding any 
action proposed to be taken by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs in the implementation of the Capital Asset Re-
alignment for Enhanced Services initiative of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF A DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET RE-
ALIGNMENT INITIATIVE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR ADVANCE NOTIFICATION.—
Before taking any action proposed under the Capital Asset 
Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to Congress a written notification of 
the intent to take such action. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may not take any proposed action described in subsection 
(a) until the later of—
(1) the expiration of the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date on which the Secretary submits to
Congress the notification of the proposed action re-
quired under subsection (a); or 
(2) the expiration of a period of 30 days of con-
tinuous session of Congress beginning on such date 
of notification or, if either House of Congress is not 
in session on such date, the first day after such date 
that both Houses of Congress are in session. 
(c) CONTINUOUS SESSION OF CONGRESS.—For the 
purposes of subsection (b)—
(1) the continuity of session of Congress is bro-
ken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; 
and 
(2) the days on which either House is not in 
session because of an adjournment of more than 
three days to a day certain are excluded in the com-
putation of any period of time in which Congress is 
in continuous session.
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