ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF CAPITAL ASSET REALIGNMENT ACTIONS.

SEC. 222. ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF CAPITAL ASSET REALIGNMENT ACTIONS.(a) Requirement for Advance Notification.—If the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approves a recommendation resulting 117 STAT. 2051 from the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative, then before taking any action resulting from that recommendation that would result in—(1) a medical facility closure;(2) an administrative reorganization described in subsection (c) of section 510 of title 38, United States Code; or(3) a medical facility consolidation,the Secretary shall submit to Congress a written notification of the intent to take such action.(b) Limitation.—Upon submitting a notification under subsection (a), the Secretary may not take any action described in the notification until the later of—(1) the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the notification is received by Congress; or(2) the end of a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress beginning on the date on which the notification is received by Congress or, if either House of Congress is not in session on such date, the first day after such date on which both Houses of Congress are in session.(c) Continuous Session of Congress.—For the purposes of subsection (b)—(1) the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and(2) any day on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain is excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session.(d) Medical Facility Consolidation.—For the purposes of subsection (a), the term “medical facility consolidation” means an action that closes one or more medical facilities for the purpose of relocating those activities to another medical facility or facilities within the same geographic service area.