[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 158 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1290. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 proposed by Mrs. 
Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE FOR FACILITIES OF 
                   THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The infrastructure of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs at medical facilities of the Veterans Health 
     Administration around the country continues to age with each 
     passing year.
       (2) As those facilities continue to age, infrastructure 
     funding is strained, with resources spent on repairing older 
     buildings rather than on making new improvements.
       (3) As the Department of Veterans Affairs proactively works 
     to ensure that its older buildings are safely and effectively 
     operating, it is critical that the Department plan for 
     preventive maintenance and repairs that will fix more than 
     just a current breakdown, but also prevent future breakdowns 
     to the greatest extent possible, including through 
     modernization and replacement projects.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to Congress a report describing how the 
     Secretary is incorporating planning and goals for preventive 
     maintenance of facilities of the Veterans Health 
     Administration into the overall infrastructure budgeting and 
     implementation process of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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