REQUIREMENT FOR NAMING OF DEPARTMENT PROPERTY.

SEC. 1001. REQUIREMENT FOR NAMING OF DEPARTMENT PROPERTY. (a) In General.— (1) Subchapter II of chapter 5, as amended by section 906(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 531. Requirement relating to naming of Department property “Except as expressly provided by law, a facility, structure, or real property of the Department, and a major portion (such as a wing or floor) of any such facility, structure, or real property, may be named only for the geographic area in which the facility, structure, or real property is located.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 530, as added by section 906(b), the following new item: “531. Requirement relating to naming of Department property.”. (b) Effective Date.— Section 531 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply with respect to the assignment or designation of the name of a facility, structure, or real property of the Department of Veterans Affairs (or of a major portion thereof) after the date of the enactment of this Act.