[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 166 (Monday, November 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7864-S7865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2782. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2763 proposed by Mr. 
Kirk (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2029, 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 39, line 14, insert after ``established above:'' 
     the following: ``Provided further, That the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs

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     shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives, not later than 30 days after the last day 
     of each fiscal quarter, a report on the super construction 
     projects, as defined in section 8103(e)(3) of title 38, 
     United States Code, carried out by the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, which shall include the status of each such project 
     as of the last day of the quarter covered by the report, the 
     actual cost and schedule variances of each such project as of 
     such day compared to the planned cost and schedules for the 
     project, and a dispute resolution matrix depicting internal 
     and external disputes regarding technical, fiscal, schedule, 
     or other issues, along with action plans and timelines for 
     resolution:''
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