---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 8175"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "8175"
heading: "Information technology matters to be included in budget justification materials for the Department"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/8175"
units:
  - "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"
---

# §8175. Information technology matters to be included in budget justification materials for the Department

- (a) **List of Information Technology Projects in Effect.—** The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall ensure that whenever the budget justification materials are submitted to Congress in support of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) budget for a fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under [section 1105(a) of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md?p=a)), such budget justification materials include a list of every [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) currently in effect at the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) (including not only congressional projects and subprojects as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1)).
- (b) **Prioritized List of Unfunded Projects.—**
  - (1) In addition to the list included in the budget justification materials required by [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall ensure that the budget justification materials described in such subsection also include summary descriptions and a prioritized list, in rank order, of every [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1), proposed or intended to be proposed for the following one, two, or three fiscal years, that is unfunded as of the time of the inclusion of the list under this paragraph.
  - (2) In producing the list required by [paragraph (1)](#b-1), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall—
    - (A) ensure such list represents a ranking of all proposed [information technology projects](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) that reflects the needs of all elements of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1);
    - (B) produce one unified list for the entire [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) demonstrating how the various proposed [information technology projects](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) of each of the elements of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) rank in priority with the [information technology projects](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) of the other elements of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1); and
    - (C) ensure that the list—
      - (i) does not disaggregate and rank [information technology projects](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) based on element of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1); and
      - (ii) does identify the element of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) requesting the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
  - (3)
    - (A) In producing each list under [paragraph (1)](#b-1), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall prioritize and rank each [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) based on an assessment of each of the following factors:
      - (i) Degree of collaboration between [business owners](/usc/38/8171.md?p=6) and the Chief Information Officer with respect to joint functional-technical planning, requirements, and management.
      - (ii) Operational or efficiency benefits to employees of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) created or produced by the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
      - (iii) The life cycle cost of the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
      - (iv) The cost savings or cost avoidance yielded by the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
      - (v) Time to completion of the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
      - (vi) The difficulty of the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A), the likelihood the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) will be completed, or the risks associated with undertaking the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
      - (vii) Tangible benefits to [veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) created or produced by the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A).
      - (viii) Such other factors as the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) considers appropriate.
    - (B) The [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall ensure that each list produced under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) includes, for each [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) included in the list, a brief description of the findings of the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) with respect to each assessment carried out by the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) for each factor for the [information technology project](/usc/38/8171.md?p=3-A) under [subparagraph (A)](#b-3-A).
- (c) **Projected Funding Needs.—**
  - (1) In addition to the matters included under subsections [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b), the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall ensure that the budget justification materials described in [subsection (a)](#a) also include a projection of the one-year, two-year, and three-year funding needs of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) for [information technology](/usc/38/8171.md?p=2), disaggregated by—
    - (A) portfolio; and
    - (B) the product line of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) that requires the funding.
  - (2) In addition to the projections under [paragraph (1)](#c-1), with respect to each of the periods set forth in such paragraph, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) shall include a description of the funding required for each technology business management category used by the Office of [Information Technology](/usc/38/8171.md?p=2) of the [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) (commonly referred to as “cost pools” and “towers”).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title IV, § 403(a), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5488.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Subsection (c)

Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title IV, § 403(e), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5491, provided that: “Subsection (c) of section 8175 of such title [meaning title 38, United States Code], as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall take effect on the first Monday in the second January beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 29, 2022].”