STUDY.

SEC. 1104. STUDY. (a) Requirement.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall enter into an agreement with an appropriate non-Federal entity under which the entity shall carry out a study of the feasibility and advisability of alternative organizational structures, such as the establishment of a wholly-owned Government corporation or a Government-sponsored enterprise, for the effective provision of health care services to veterans. (b) Submission of Report—The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the study required under subsection (a). The report shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act (c) Authorization of Funds.—There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Veterans Affairs the sum of $1,000,000 for the purposes of carrying out the study required under subsection (a).