[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1531 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1531

    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

                             July 29, 2009

   Mr. Pryor 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 2009''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, 
              AND CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 308 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``seven'' and inserting 
        ``eight''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (11) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (K), respectively;
                    (B) in the matter before subparagraph (A), as 
                redesignated by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by 
                striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) Except 
                as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``Capital'' and inserting 
                ``Construction capital'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (J), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``Procurement'' and 
                inserting ``Acquisition''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) Of the Assistant Secretaries appointed under subsection (a), 
one shall be the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and 
Construction who shall provide policy direction and management 
oversight with respect to acquisition and construction programs of the 
Department and shall be assigned the responsibilities described in 
subparagraphs (F) and (J) of paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Increase in Number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries 
Authorized.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``not exceeding 19'' and 
        inserting ``not exceeding 27''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) Of the Deputy Assistant Secretaries authorized under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary may appoint not more than eight Deputy 
Assistant Secretaries to manage programs of the Department relating to 
construction, facilities, asset management, and information 
technology.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Repeal of director of construction and facilities 
        management.--
                    (A) Repeal.--Section 312A of such title is 
                repealed.
                    (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at 
                the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by 
                striking the item relating to section 312A.
            (2) 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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