1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization Improvement Act . 2. Prohibition on certain activities under Electronic Health Record Modernization Program until certification of system improvements and facility readiness (a) Certification of improvement (1) Prohibition The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not commence a program activity at a facility of the Veterans Health Administration where such activity is not being carried out as of the date of the enactment of this Act until the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate written certification that the electronic health record system has met each of the improvement objectives described in paragraph (2) at each facility where such system is being carried out as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Improvement objectives The improvement objectives described in this paragraph are the following: (A) A monthly uptime for the electronic health record system of 99.9 percent for four sequential months. (B) The completion of all improvements or modifications of the electronic health record system required to be completed pursuant to a contract, task order, modification, or other similar instrument, entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Certification of readiness The Secretary may not implement the electronic health record system at a facility of the Veterans Health Administration where such system has not been implemented as of the date of the enactment of this Act until the date on which the director of such facility, the chief of staff of such facility, and the director of the Veterans Integrated Services Network in which such facility is located each submit to the Secretary, and the Secretary transmits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate, written certification that— (1) the build and configuration of the electronic