[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3701-S3702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1540. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Gardner) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON MAJOR 
                   MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) Briefing.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States

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     shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     briefing on the administration and oversight by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the design 
     and construction of major medical facility projects, as 
     defined in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States 
     Code.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
     administration and oversight described in subsection (a).
       (c) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a) and 
     the report required by subsection (b) shall each include an 
     examination of the following:
       (1) The processes used by the Department for overseeing and 
     assuring the performance of construction design and 
     construction contracts for major medical facility projects, 
     as so defined.
       (2) Any actions taken by the Department to improve the 
     administration of such contracts.
       (3) Such opportunities for further improvement of the 
     administration of such contracts as the Comptroller General 
     considers appropriate.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee 
     on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
     Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
     and
       (2) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee 
     on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related 
     Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
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