; and (B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Capital asset The term capital asset means the physical infrastructure, land, buildings, and other related items under the operation and control of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including the information technology and other support systems needed to ensure the physical space can be used to deliver intended services and functions of the Department. I Capital asset management 101. Improving capital asset staffing of Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Capital asset personnel of the Department (1) Requirement for dedicated offices and sufficient staff Not later than 540 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that the Department of Veterans Affairs has dedicated offices or entities and sufficient staff, including at each medical center of the Department, to conduct relevant critical responsibilities for the life-cycle of capital asset management at the local, regional, and central office level. This may include ensuring such mix as the Secretary considers appropriate of personnel with duties from the following categories: (A) Facility planning. (B) Long-range capital planning. (C) Management of projects and capital assets relating to the execution of major construction projects, minor construction projects, major leases, minor leases, nonrecurring maintenance, and related matters at medical centers and facilities of the Department in the surrounding catchment areas of the centers and facilities. (D) Property disposal or transfer, environmental remediation, and historic preservation. (E) Engineering, including matters relating to seismic repairs and projects. (F) Maintenance and repair of existing infrastructure. (G) The collection of views of veterans and employees of the Department to understand the capital assets needs of the Department. (H) Other relevant functions relating to the full life-cycle of capital asset management of the