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SEC. 7003. PREFERENCE FOR OFFERORS EMPLOYING VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 
8128 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8129. Preference for offerors employing veterans 
‘‘(a) PREFERENCE.—(1) In awarding a contract for 
the procurement of goods or services, the Secretary may give 
a preference to offerors that employ veterans on a full-time 
basis. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine such preference 
based on the percentage of the full-time employees of the 
offeror who are veterans. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESENTA-
TION.—(1) Any offeror that is determined by the Secretary 
to have willfully and intentionally misrepresented the vet-
eran status of the employees of the offeror for purposes of 
subsection (a) may be debarred from contracting with the 
Department for a period of not less than five years. 
‘‘(2) If the Secretary carries out a debarment under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) commence debarment action against the of-
feror by not later than 30 days after determining that 
the offeror willfully and intentionally misrepresented 
the veteran status of the employees of the offeror as 
described in paragraph (1); and
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‘‘(B) complete debarment actions against such of-
feror by not later than 90 days after such determina-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The debarment of an offeror under paragraph (1) 
includes the debarment of all principals in the offeror for 
a period of not less than five years.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 8128 the following 
new item: 
‘‘8129. Preference for offerors employing veterans.’’. 
SEC. 7004. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT AND RE-
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS TO MEMBERS OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD WHO PERFORM STATE AC-
TIVE DUTY. 
Section 4303 of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (13), by inserting ‘‘State active 
duty for a period of 14 days or more, State active 
duty in response to a national emergency declared by 
the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), State active duty in response to 
a major disaster declared by the President under sec-
tion 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170),’’ after 
‘‘full-time National Guard duty,’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para-
graph (16); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (15): 
‘‘(15) The term ‘State active duty’ means train-
ing or other duty, other than inactive duty, performed 
by a member of the National Guard of a State— 
‘‘(A) not under section 502 of title 32 or 
under title 10; 
‘‘(B) in service to the Governor of a State; 
and 
‘‘(C) for which the member is not entitled to 
pay from the Federal Government.’’. 
SEC. 7005. REPAYMENT OF MISUSED BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6107(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘In any case 
in which a fiduciary described in paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘In any case not covered by subsection (a) 
in which a fiduciary’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any determination
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by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs made on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act regarding the misuse of 
benefits by a fiduciary. 
SEC. 7006. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN TRANSFERS. 
Section 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Any amounts so transferred after September 30, 2016, 
shall be available without regard to fiscal year limitations, 
notwithstanding section 1535(d) of title 31.’’. 
SEC. 7007. REPORT AND PLANNED ACTIONS OF THE SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO ADDRESS 
CERTAIN HIGH-RISK AREAS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Comptroller 
General of the United States, shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report outlining the plan the Secretary has 
developed and the actions the Secretary has taken to address 
the areas of concern identified by the Comptroller General 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs in the 2019 High- 
Risk List of the Government Accountability Office (GAO– 
19–157SP) regarding— 
(1) acquisition management; and
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(2) managing risks and improving health care. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include each of the following: 
(1) Root causes of the areas of concern described 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). 
(2) Corrective actions and specific steps to ad-
dress each root cause, including— 
(A) the progress of the Secretary in imple-
menting those actions and steps; and 
(B) timelines and milestones the Secretary 
determines feasible to complete each corrective 
action. 
(3) Resources the Secretary determines are nec-
essary to implement corrective actions, including— 
(A) funding; 
(B) stakeholders; 
(C) technology; and 
(D) senior officials responsible for imple-
menting the corrective actions and reporting re-
sults. 
(4) Metrics for assessing progress in addressing 
the areas of concern described in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a).
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(5) Key outcomes that demonstrate progress in 
addressing the areas of concern described in para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a). 
(6) Obstacles to implementation of the plan that 
the Secretary identifies. 
(7) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding 
legislation or funding the Secretary determines nec-
essary to implement the plan. 
(8) Any other information the Secretary deter-
mines is relevant to understanding the progress of the 
Department toward the removal of the areas of con-
cern from the High Risk List. 
(c) ANNUAL UPDATES.— 
(1) UPDATE REQUIRED.—Not less than once each 
year during the implementation period under para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall submit to Congress an 
update regarding implementation of each element of 
the plan under subsection (b). 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD.—The implemen-
tation period described in this paragraph begins on 
the date on which the Secretary submits the report re-
quired under subsection (a) and ends on the earlier 
of the following dates: 
(A) The date on which the Comptroller Gen-
eral removes the last area of concern for the De-
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partment from the most recent High-Risk List of 
the Government Accountability Office. 
(B) The date that is 8 years after the date 
on which the Secretary submits the plan required 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 7008. ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIORITY 
RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL OF THE UNITED STATES PERTAINING 
TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
less than once during each of the subsequent 3 years, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives and to the Comptroller General of the United States 
a report on the implementation of priority recommenda-
tions of the Comptroller General that pertain to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include, for the period covered by the re-
port, the following: 
(1) The progress of the Secretary in imple-
menting all open priority recommendations of the
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Comptroller General for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(2) An explanation for each instance where the 
Secretary has decided not to implement, or has not 
fully implemented, an open priority recommendation 
of the Comptroller General for the Department. 
(3) A summary of the corrective actions taken 
and remaining steps the Secretary plans to take to 
implement open priority recommendations of the 
Comptroller General. 
(c) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT CERTAIN REQUIRED 
REPORTS OR WRITTEN STATEMENTS.—The report under 
this section shall not be construed to supplant any report 
or written statement required under section 720 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 7009. CLARIFICATION OF METHODS USED TO MONITOR 
COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS 
ON SUBCONTRACTING. 
Section 8127(k)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘and any other’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
any other’’.
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SEC. 7010. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS REQUIRE-
MENT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICE TO PER-
SONS FILING CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE, INJURY, 
OR DEATH ON STANDARD FORM 95. 
Not later than 90 days after the date on which a person 
submits to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a claim for 
damage, injury, or death on Standard Form 95, or any 
successor form, the Secretary shall provide to such person 
notice of each of the following: 
(1) The benefit of obtaining legal advice con-
cerning such claim. 
(2) The employment status of any individual 
listed on the form. 
(3) If the claim involves a contractor that en-
tered into an agreement with the Secretary, the im-
portance of obtaining legal advice as to the statute of 
limitations regarding the claim in the State in which 
the claim arose. 
Subtitle B—Matters Relating to the 
Chief Financial Officer of De-
partment of Veterans Affairs 
SEC. 7101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of
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the Senate and the House of Representatives and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) SUBORDINATE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.— 
The term ‘‘subordinate chief financial officer’’— 
(A) includes— 
(i) the chief financial officer of the Vet-
erans Health Administration, the chief fi-
nancial officer of the Office of Community 
Care within the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration, and all chief financial officers of 
Veterans Integrated Service Networks with-
in the Veterans Health Administration; 
(ii) the chief financial officer of the 
Veterans Benefits Administration and all 
chief financial officers of organizational 
subdivisions representing business lines 
within the Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion; 
(iii) the chief financial officer of the 
National Cemetery Administration; and 
(iv) the chief financial officer of the Of-
fice of Information and Technology; and 
(B) does not include the Inspector General.
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SEC. 7102. PLANS FOR ADDRESSING MATERIAL WEAK-
NESSES AND PROVIDING SUFFICIENT AU-
THORITY TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter for each of the three 
subsequent years, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting 
through the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) an action plan, including steps, related 
timelines, costs, progress, status of implementation, 
and any updates for fully addressing the material 
weaknesses of the Department discussed in the Man-
agement’s Discussion and Analysis section of the fi-
nancial statements of the Department submitted to 
Congress under section 3515 of title 31, United States 
Code for the year preceding the year during which the 
report is submitted; and 
(2) a plan outlining the steps the Secretary 
plans to take to address the recommendations of audi-
tors related to entity-level internal controls and to 
provide sufficient authority to the Chief Financial Of-
ficer of the Department to carry out the requirements 
of section 902 of title 31, United States Code.
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SEC. 7103. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ATTESTATION. 
Concurrent with the submittal to Congress of the Presi-
dent’s budget request under section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three 
subsequent fiscal years, the Chief Financial Officer of the 
Department of Veterans affairs shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees each of the following: 
(1) A certification of the responsibility of the 
Chief Financial Officer for internal financial controls 
of the Department. 
(2) An attestation that the Chief Financial Offi-
cer has collaborated sufficiently with the subordinate 
chief financial officers of the Department to be con-
fident in the financial projections included the budget 
request and supporting materials. 
SEC. 7104. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER RESPONSIBILITY 
FOR SUBORDINATE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFI-
CERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the responsibil-
ities of the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for the recruitment, selection, and training 
of personnel to carry out agency financial management 
functions pursuant to section 902(a)(5)(C) of title 31, 
United States Code, the Chief Financial Officer or the des-
ignee of the Chief Financial Officer within the Office of 
Management of the Department shall—
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(1) participate in the interview and selection 
panels of all subordinate chief financial officers; and 
(2) give input into the performance plans and 
performance evaluations of all subordinate chief fi-
nancial officers. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The requirements under sub-
section (a) shall terminate on the date that is five years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Servicemembers Civil 
Relief 
SEC. 7201. CLARIFICATION OF DELIVERY OF NOTICE OF 
TERMINATION OF LEASES OF PREMISES AND 
MOTOR VEHICLES FOR PURPOSES OF RELIEF 
UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
305(c)(2) 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955(c)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) by electronic means, including—
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‘‘(i) the direct delivery of material to 
an electronic address designated by the les-
sor (or the lessor’s grantee) or the lessor’s 
agent (or the agent’s grantee); 
‘‘(ii) the posting of material to a 
website or other internet or electronic-based 
information repository to which access has 
been granted to the lessee, the lessor (or the 
lessor’s grantee), or the lessor’s agent (or the 
agent’s grantee); and 
‘‘(iii) other electronic means reason-
ably calculated to ensure actual receipt of 
the material by the lessor (or the lessor’s 
grantee) or the lessor’s agent (or the agent’s 
grantee).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to delivery of notice of lease termi-
nations on or after the date the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 7202. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING EXTEN-
SION 
OF 
LEASE 
PROTECTIONS 
FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS UNDER STOP MOVEMENT 
ORDERS IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, 
OR GLOBAL EMERGENCY. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
305(b) 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955(b)), as 
amended by Public Law 116–158, is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—The amendments 
made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders 
issued on or after March 1, 2020. 
Attest: 
Secretary.