Consolidation of Department of Veterans Affairs acquisition, procurement, and logistics

(a) Organizational consolidation Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall organizationally consolidate under the Chief Acquisition Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs (designated in accordance with section 1702 of title 41, United States Code) the functions of the Veterans Benefits Administration, the Veterans Health Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration relating to— (1) acquisition; (2) procurement and contracting; (3) logistics; and (4) the administration of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code. (b) Regional organizational structure (1) Establishment required The Secretary shall establish a regional organizational structure for the employees performing the functions described in subsection (a) reporting to the Chief Acquisition Officer of the Department. (2) Requirements The regional organizational structure established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— (A) correspond in part or in whole to the boundaries of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks of the Veterans Health Administration; (B) may include overarching or constituent organizational structures; and (C) may include dedicated offices for the Veterans Benefits Administration or National Cemetery Administration. (3) Regional directors (A) Regional directors of acquisition, logistics, and construction (i) In general The Secretary shall ensure that each region within the organizational structure established pursuant to paragraph (1) is headed by a regional director of acquisition, logistics, and construction reporting to the Chief Acquisition Officer of the Department responsible for supervising the functions described in (a). (ii) Career reserved positions Each regional director described in clause (i) shall be a career reserved position, as such term is defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code. (iii) Selection Regional directors described in clause (i) may be selected from among current employees of the Department performing functions described in subsection (a). (B) Regional directors of construction and leasing The Secretary shall ensure that each region within the organizational structure established pursuant to paragraph (1) includes a regional director of construction and leasing who— (i) reports to the regional director of acquisition, logistics, and construction heading the region pursuant to subparagraph (A); and (ii) is responsible for supervising the employees for the region described in section 4(2). (c) Relocation Subsection (a) shall not be construed to require the physical relocation of employees of the Department.