[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2686. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, and Ms. Stabenow) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 
submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 729. REPORT ON USE BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF QUALITY 
                   MEASURES TO ASSESS MATERNAL MORTALITY AND 
                   SERIOUS MORBIDITY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the use by the Department of Defense of quality of 
     care measures in assessing maternal and infant mortality and 
     serious morbidity for active duty members of the Armed 
     Forces.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include a comparison between care provided through military 
     treatment facilities and care provided by the Department of 
     Defense through private sector contracts as well as a 
     comparison of quality of care measures between care provided 
     by the Department and care provided to civilian populations.
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