[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 95 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2042. Ms. BALDWIN 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, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 1085. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.

       Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying out 
     the duties and responsibilities established under the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a 
     report or audit (or any portion of any report or audit) in 
     final form, the Inspector General shall--
       ``(A) submit the report or audit (or portion of report or 
     audit), as the case may be, to--
       ``(i) the Secretary;
       ``(ii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate;
       ``(iii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee 
     on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       ``(iv) if the report or audit (or portion of report or 
     audit) was initiated upon request by an individual or entity 
     other than the Inspector General, that individual or entity, 
     using reasonable and appropriate efforts; and
       ``(B) not later than 3 days after the report or audit (or 
     portion of report or audit), as the case may be, is submitted 
     in final form to the Secretary, post the report or audit (or 
     portion of report or audit) on the Internet website of the 
     Inspector General.
       ``(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
     authorize the public disclosure of information that is 
     specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
     provision of law.''.
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