1. Short title This Act may be cited as the VA Guidance for Organizational Reform and Data Integrity for Accountability Needs Key for Necessary and Optimal Transformation Act or the VA GORDIAN KNOT Act . 2. Organization of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Independent assessment (1) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct an assessment of the organization of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) Elements The assessment under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) Whether the current organization of the Department is conducive to meeting the performance goals of the Department. (B) An identification of the mission statement and function of each element of the Department, including whether any such elements have duplicative functions. (C) Identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the current organization. (D) How many full-time equivalent positions, including with respect to senior executives, are in each of the Veterans Benefits Administration, the National Cemetery Administration, and the Central Office. (E) A description of the hierarchy in each element of the Department. (F) An evaluation of the cost to the Department of providing hospital care and medical services to veterans at medical facilities of the Department as compared to the cost of paying for such care and services furnished by a non-Department provider pursuant to the Veterans Choice Program established by section 101 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ( 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) or other provision of law authorizing non-Department hospital care or medical services. (G) To assist in developing a long-term sustainable capital asset planning process, identification of underused facilities of the Department that, if closed or disposed of, would not negatively affect the health care or benefits provided to veterans. (H) With respect to the facilities described in subparagraph (E), a plan to engage veteran populations, veteran