H.R. 7683 — VA Fiscal Management Modernization Act

This section renames the Assistant Secretary for Management to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Budget and designates that official as the Department of Veterans Affairs Chief Financial Officer. It increases the authorized number of Deputy Assistant Secretaries to 21 (from 19) and establishes an Office of Planning and Budget containing two Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Planning and Budget (one a career Senior Executive Service appointee) and a Legislative and Congressional Budget Information Office limited to six full-time equivalent employees. It requires certain financial employees in Administrations and Veterans Integrated Service Networks to report exclusively to the Chief Financial Officer and bars creation of duplicative positions outside the new office. The new structures and authorities sunset five years after enactment, and the Secretary must implement the changes within 180 days.