READJUSTMENT COUNSELING FACILITIES.

SEC. 1501. READJUSTMENT COUNSELING FACILITIES. (a) Relocations for Circumstances Beyond Control of Veterans’ Administration.—Section 612A(g)(1) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out “The” and inserting in lieu thereof “Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, the”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) The Administrator may relocate a center in existence on January 1, 1988, without regard to the national plan (including any revision to such plan) if such relocation is to a new location away from a Veterans’ Administration general health-care facility when such relocation is necessitated by circumstances beyond the control of the Veterans’ Administration. Such a relocation may be carried out only after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Administrator notifies the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the proposed relocation, of the circumstances making it necessary, and of the reason for the selection of the new site for the center.”. (b) Authorization for Relocation of Certain Facilities.—The requirements of section 612A(g)(1) of title 38, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to the relocation of 17 Veterans’ Administration Readjustment Counseling Service Vet Centers from their locations away from general Veterans’ Administration healthcare facilities to other such locations, as described in letters dated July 25, 1988, from the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans’ Administration to the Chairmen of the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives.