[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2138 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2138

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the 
Department of Veterans Affairs the position of Assistant Secretary for 
   Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2007

 Mr. Akaka (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the 
Department of Veterans Affairs the position of Assistant Secretary for 
   Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Reorganization Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an 
amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
other provision of title 38, United States Code.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED ASSISTANT SECRETARIES; 
              REVISION OF FUNCTIONS.

    (a) Section 308(a) is amended by striking ``seven'' and inserting 
``eight'' in the first sentence.
    (b) Section 308(b) is amended:
            (1) In paragraph (6), by striking ``Capital'' and inserting 
        ``Construction capital''; and
            (2) In paragraph (10) by striking ``Procurement'' and 
        inserting ``Acquisition''.

SEC. 4. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.

    Section 308(d)(1) is amended by striking ``19'' and inserting 
``27'' in the first sentence.

SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Title 38, United States Code, is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 312A is repealed.
            (2) ``312A. Director of Construction and Facilities 
        Management'' is stricken from the table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 3.

SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``Assistant Secretaries, Department of Veterans Affairs (7)'' and 
inserting ``Assistant Secretaries, Department of Veterans Affairs 
(8)''.
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