Title 38, Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-102

§8171 Definitions

Title 38 › PART VI — ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY › CHAPTER 81 — ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY › SUBCHAPTER VI — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES › § 8171

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key terms used for the Department’s information technology work. "Appropriate congressional committees" means the Veterans’ Affairs and Appropriations Committees in both the Senate and the House. "Information technology" means what section 11101 of title 40 says. "Information technology project" means any Department project or program that buys or installs information technology; it can be one project or a grouped set of related projects. "Life cycle costs" are all direct and indirect costs to buy, set up, run, and maintain IT. "Major information technology project" means a project named major by the Secretary, the Department Chief Information Officer, or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 11302 of title 40, or any project the Secretary estimates will cost more than $1,000,000,000 in total life cycle costs or more than $200,000,000 per year (both figures adjusted for inflation under section 1908 of title 41). "Business owner" means the program or project manager or other official responsible for the project.

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Title 38, §8171

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In this subchapter:

(1)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(B)the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(2)The term “information technology” has the meaning given that term in section 11101 of title 40.

(3)(A)The term “information technology project” means a project or program of the Department (including a project or program of any element of the Department) for, or including, the acquisition or implementation of information technology.

(B)In cases where the Secretary transmits to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget information regarding information technology investments, which may consist of individual or multiple projects, the term “information technology project” refers to an individual project or program or a grouping of multiple projects or programs resulting in the acquisition or implementation of discrete information technology.

(4)The term “life cycle costs” means all direct and indirect costs to acquire, implement, operate, and maintain information technology, including with respect to costs of any element of the Department.

(5)The term “major information technology project” means an information technology project if—

(A)the project is designated by the Secretary, the Chief Information Officer of the Department, or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as a major information technology investment, as defined in section 11302 of title 40; or

(B)the dollar value of the project is estimated by the Secretary to exceed—

(i)$1,000,000,000 (as adjusted for inflation pursuant to section 1908 of title 41) for the total life cycle costs of the project; or

(ii)$200,000,000 (as adjusted for inflation pursuant to section 1908 of title 41) annually.

(6)The term “business owner” means, with respect to an information technology project, the program manager, project manager, or other supervisory official of the Department responsible for the project.

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38 U.S.C. § 8171

Title 38, Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102