To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress reports on the pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements.

Bill: 117-hr-5955
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-11-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on the pilot program under which it may accept donations of real property or facilities from specified entities (e.g., a state or local authority).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5955 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 12, 2021 Mr. Jackson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress reports on the pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements.

1. Reports on pilot program on acceptance by the Department of Veterans Affairs of donated facilities and related improvements Section 2 of the CHIP IN for Vets Act of 2016 ( Public Law 114–294 ; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) Reports Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and not later than December 31 of each year thereafter during the life of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program. The report shall include, as of the date of the report, the following: (1) Identification of the real property and improvements donated under the pilot program that have been successfully completed. (2) Identification of the donation agreements that have been entered into under the pilot program that are still in progress or under consideration. (3) Of the donation agreements identified under paragraph (2), a list of such agreements ordered by the priority of the Secretary, including justifications for such prioritization. (4) Identification of the proposed donation agreements that the Secretary has not entered into under the pilot program, including a detailed description of the justifications for not entering into the agreements. .