[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4886]
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SA 762. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
SEC. __. REPORTS ON COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
RECOMMENDATIONS NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Secretary of Defense Report.--Not later than 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives and the
Comptroller General of the United States a report listing all
outstanding recommendations of the Comptroller General
applicable to the Department of Defense that have not been
fully implemented.
(b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 30 days
after the date on which the Secretary submits the report
required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report detailing any
discrepancies between the list of outstanding recommendations
included in such report and the list of the Comptroller
General of the outstanding recommendations applicable to the
Department that have not been fully implemented.
(c) Implementation Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the status of implementation of
each recommendation of the Comptroller General listed in the
report under subsection (a).
(2) Justification.--The report required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) For each recommendation listed in the report that the
Department decided not to fully implement, or to implement in
a different manner than recommended by the Comptroller
General, a detailed justification for the decision.
(B) For each recommendation the Department decided to
adopt, but has not fully implemented, a timeline for full
implementation.
(C) An explanation for any discrepancies between the report
and the Comptroller General report submitted under subsection
(b).
(d) Form.--Any information included in a report under this
section shall, to the extent practicable, be submitted in
unclassified form, but may be set forth in a classified
annex.
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