[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 6, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5008]
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  SA 793. 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. __. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF 
                   THE UNITED STATES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND 
                   UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Concerned that, by avoiding full 
     implementation of recommendations made by the Comptroller 
     General of the United States, agencies are missing 
     opportunities to operate more efficiently and effectively, 
     not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report summarizing the 
     assessment of the Comptroller General of each open 
     recommendation made to an agency specified in paragraph (2) 
     that has not been fully implemented.
       (2) Agencies.--The agencies referred to in this paragraph 
     are as follows:
       (A) The Department of Defense.
       (B) The Department of State.
       (C) The United States Agency for International Development.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include a detailed description of the following:
       (1) The initial response of the agency concerned to each 
     recommendation described in subsection (a)(1) at the time 
     such recommendation was made.
       (2) The actions taken by the agency concerned to implement 
     such recommendation.
       (3) The rationale provided by the agency concerned for not 
     implementing, or partially implementing, such recommendation.
       (c) 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.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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