[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 132 (Thursday, August 3, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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