[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4017. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
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:

       At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
       Sec. 251.  None of the funds made available in this title 
     may be used to pay a bonus to an individual in a Senior 
     Executive position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, 
     United States Code) or leadership position within the Office 
     of Construction and Facilities Management of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     submits to Congress a report detailing how the Department 
     intends to reduce the designation of the Department by the 
     Government Accountability Office as ``high-risk'' in Federal 
     real property portfolios due to longstanding problems with 
     excess and underutilized property and overreliance on 
     leasing.
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