[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3440 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3440

To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from taking any action to 
  implement any recommendation of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
  Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission 
 during the one-year period beginning on the date of the submission of 
           the commission's recommendations to the Secretary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2003

   Mr. John introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from taking any action to 
  implement any recommendation of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
  Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission 
 during the one-year period beginning on the date of the submission of 
           the commission's recommendations to the Secretary.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CAPITAL ASSET REALIGNMENT 
              FOR ENHANCED SERVICES (CARES) COMMISSION.

    (a) Moratorium.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not, during 
the one-year moratorium period, take any action to implement any 
recommendation of the CARES Commission.
    (b) Moratorium Period.--For purposes of this section, the one-year 
moratorium period is the one-year period beginning on the date of the 
submission of the recommendations of the CARES Commission to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    (c) Commission.--For purposes of this section, the term ``CARES 
Commission'' means the commission established by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs on December 16, 2000, and known as the ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services 
(CARES) Commission''.
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