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 PUBLIC LAW 97-66—OCT. 17, 1981

95 STAT. 1033

TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS

SEC. 504. Section 1826 is amended— (1) by striking out subsection (a); and (2) by striking o u t ' W. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

38 USC 1826.

V E T E R A N S ' ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATIONS;

REQUIRED STAFFING LEVEL AUTHORITIES

SEC. 601. (a)(1) Section 210(b) is amended— (A) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2)(A) The Administrator may not in any fiscal year implement an administrative reorgemization described in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph unless the Administrator first submits to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report containing a detailed plan and justification for the administrative reorganization. Any such report shall be submitted not later than the day on which the President, pursuant to section 201(a) of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 11(a)), submits to the Congress the Budget for the fiscal year in which the administrative reorganization is to be implemented. No action to carry out such reorganization may be taken after the submission of such report until the first day of such fiscal year. "(B) Subparagraph (A) of this paragraph applies only to an administrative reorganization within the Veterans' Administration that involves a reduction during any fiscal year in the number of full-time equivalent employees with permanent duty stations at a covered office or facility— "(i) by 10 percent or more, or "(ii) by a percent which, when added to the percent reduction under this subsection in the number of such employees with permanent duty stations at such office or facility during the preceding fiscal year, is 15 percent or more. "(C) For the purposes of this paragraph— "(i) The term 'administrative reorganization' means a consolidation, elimination, abolition, or redistribution of functions under the authority granted the Administrator under the second sentence of paragraph (1) of this subsection. "(ii) The term 'covered office or facility' means a Veterans' Administration office or facility that is the permanent duty station for 25 or more employees or that is a free-standing outpatient clinic". (2) Paragraph (2) of section 210(b) of title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), does not apply to an administrative reorganization (as defined in such paragraph (2)) that is fully accomplished before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Section 5010(a) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)— (A) by inserting "for any fiscal year (or any part of a fiscal year)" in subparagraph (A) after "for the Veterans' Administration"; and (B) by inserting "(or part of a fiscal year)" after "fiscal year" the first place it appears in subparagraph (B) and both places it appears in subparagraph (D); and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

38 USC 210. Report to congressional committees.

"Administrative reorganization.''

"Covered office or facility."

38 USC 210 note.

38 USC 5010.

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