A shortfall must come with a plan at the same briefing
What the document says“In any case in which the Secretary informs Congress during a briefing under paragraph (1) that the Department is experiencing a shortfall, the Secretary shall, during such briefing, present the plans of the Secretary to address or mitigate the shortfall.”
If the Secretary reports a shortfall at one of these briefings, the Secretary must present plans to address or mitigate it in that same briefing. The section does not say what such a plan has to contain.
What the document actually says“In any case in which the Secretary informs Congress during a briefing under paragraph (1) that the Department is experiencing a shortfall, the Secretary shall, during such briefing, present the plans of the Secretary to address or mitigate the shortfall.”
The head of the VA may say there is a money gap. If so, they must also show a plan. The plan must say how to fix or ease the gap. It must come at the same talk.
This stops a bare warning. If the VA says money is short, it must also say what it will do. The law does not say what has to be in the plan.
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