validation of certain major modernization efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 404. Annual report on efforts to maintain VistA electronic health record system. Sec. 405. Report on alternatives to current electronic health record technology and contract for Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 406. Report on leadership, acquisition, and contracting oversight lessons learned. Sec. 407. Report on contract savings, services provided at no cost to the Department, and contract cost incurred with respect to Oracle-Cerner product. TITLE V—Coordination with Department of Defense Sec. 501. Quarterly reports on system uptime, modernization, and coordination activities for information technology systems and policies of Department of Defense affecting operations of Department of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 502. Coordination with Department of Defense regarding information technology programs, systems, and services. TITLE VI—Other matters Sec. 601. Report on legislative action required. Sec. 602. Report on current and future State interoperability with legacy electronic health record, new electronic health record, and future potential electronic health record and other health information technology and exchanges. 2. Definitions Except as otherwise provided, in this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate