[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4452]
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SA 422. Mrs. McCASKILL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 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:
Beginning on page 686, line 7, strike ``or'' and all that
follows through page 687, line 2, and insert the following:
(B) in accordance with the Quality Standards for Inspection
and Evaluation issued by the Council of the Inspectors
General on Integrity and Efficiency (commonly referred to as
the ``CIGIE Blue Book''); or
(C) if not prepared in accordance with the standards
referred to in subparagraphs (A) or (B), in accordance with
the Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector
General (commonly referred to as the ``CIGIE Silver Book'').
(2) Specification of quality standards followed.--Each
product published or issued by an Inspector General relating
to the oversight of programs and activities funded under the
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund shall cite within such
product the quality standards followed in conducting and
reporting the work concerned.
(3) Waiver.--An Inspector General may waive the
applicability of paragraph (1) to a specific product relating
to the oversight by an Inspector General of activities and
programs funded under the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund if
the Inspector General
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