Comptroller General report on continued need for non-Department of Veterans Affairs project management for super construction projects

(a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the following: (1) The metrics or evaluation criteria by which Congress should judge whether the Department of Veterans Affairs has evolved in their management capabilities, performance, and results so as to permit the removal of the requirement under section 8103(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, that the Department use a non-Department Federal entity to provide full project management services for all super construction projects. (2) A description of the cost arrangements and premiums paid by the Department, as of the date of the report, to use a non-Department Federal entity for a super construction project as required under such section and what savings may be generated through the removal of that requirement. (3) Such other matters as the Comptroller General considers relevant related to the management of infrastructure projects of the Department. (b) Super construction project defined In this section, the term super construction project has the meaning given that term in section 8103(e)(3) of title 38, United States Code.