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(5) any security weakness at covered facilities; 
(6) the relationship between the covered facility 
(including the Department police officers who work 
at the covered facility) and local, state, and federal 
law enforcement agencies including what agreements 
or memorandums of understanding exist between 
each covered facility and external law enforcement 
agencies; 
(7) efforts by the personnel of the covered facil-
ity to address and reduce criminal activity at, or in 
close proximity to, the covered facility; and 
(8) recommendations for the Secretary to better 
address and reduce criminal activity at, or in close 
proximity to, covered facilities so as to improve the 
safety of veterans, employees, visitors, other author-
ized personnel, and the surrounding community. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the end 
of the next full Fiscal Year after the enactment of this 
Act and for each of the following five fiscal years, the Sec-
retary shall submit to each of the Committees on Vet-
erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report regarding the results of the surveys con-
ducted under subsection (a) during the previous fiscal 
year. The report shall include— 
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(1) the results of the annual survey described 
under subsection (a) for the year covered by the re-
port; 
(2) an analysis, made in coordination with the 
Director of the Office of Security and Law Enforce-
ment of such Department, each director and police 
chief of a Veterans Integrated Service Network, and 
the directors and police chiefs of the medical centers 
within the Veterans Integrated Service Network of 
the results of the triannual security inspections con-
ducted in prior fiscal year, to include a plan of ac-
tion that describes how the Secretary plans to ad-
dress any security weakness identified in the results 
of the triannual security inspections and includes 
clearly-stated goals with measurable benchmarks for 
each goal and deadlines for each benchmark; and 
(3) a list of all vacant positions for police chief 
or deputy police chief at each covered facility during 
the prior fiscal year, the number of individuals who 
filled those positions over the two years prior to the 
date of the survey, the number of days the positions 
were vacant without someone serving in an acting 
capacity, and the number of days the positions were 
filled by individuals serving in an acting capacity. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘covered equipment’’ means any 
item issued by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
a Department police officer (including firearms, 
weapons detecting technology, ballistic vests, body- 
worn cameras, and radios) for use in the provision 
of services under section 902 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an em-
ployee of the Department of Veterans Affairs who is 
employed and responsible for security operations at 
a covered facility including a covered facility’s police 
chief, facility emergency management leader, facility 
director, or person carrying out the responsibilities 
of one of these positions in an acting capacity. 
(3) The term ‘‘covered facility’’ means any fa-
cility of the Department of Veterans Affairs where 
Department police officers have jurisdiction. 
(4) The term ‘‘Department police officer’’ is 
used as such term as used in section 902 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘security weakness’’ means a defi-
ciency in the facilities, staffing, or covered equip-
ment at a covered facility that a covered employee 
of the covered facility determines presents a risk to 
the safety of visitors or staff, including an unsecured 
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door, inoperable security camera, unsecured police 
operations room, a lack of security presence at an 
entrance to the covered facility, and a lack of secu-
rity presence in an area of the covered facility or the 
grounds of the covered facility that the director of 
the covered facility determines requires an increased 
security presence. 
SEC. 503. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN 
FEES. 
The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 
29, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 9, 
2034’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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