[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 99 (Thursday, June 14, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2903. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1066. REPORTS ON OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY 
                   OFFICE AND INSPECTOR GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS; 
                   AGENCY STATEMENTS.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``agency'' 
     means--
       (1) a designated Federal entity, as defined in section 
     8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.); and
       (2) an establishment, as defined in section 12(2) of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (b) Required Reports.--In the annual budget justification 
     submitted to Congress, as submitted with the budget of the 
     President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
     each agency shall include--
       (1) a report listing each public recommendation of the 
     Government Accountability Office that has been designated, 
     such as through a priority recommendation letter, by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States or a designee 
     thereof as warranting priority attention, and is further 
     designated by the Government Accountability Office as 
     ``open'' or ``closed, unimplemented'' as of the date on which 
     the annual budget justification is submitted;
       (2) a report listing each public recommendation for 
     corrective action from the Office of Inspector General of the 
     agency for which no final action has been taken as of the 
     date on which the annual budget justification is submitted; 
     and
       (3) a report on the implementation status of each public 
     recommendation described in paragraphs (1) and (2), which 
     shall include--
       (A) with respect to a public recommendation that is 
     designated by the Government Accountability Office as 
     warranting priority attention and as ``open'' or ``closed, 
     unimplemented''--
       (i) that the agency has decided not to implement, a 
     detailed justification for the decision; or
       (ii) that the agency has decided to adopt, a timeline for 
     full implementation;
       (B) with respect to a public recommendation for corrective 
     action from the Office of Inspector General of the agency for 
     which no final action or action not recommended has been 
     taken, an explanation of the reasons why no final action or 
     action not recommended was taken with respect to each audit 
     report to which the public recommendation for corrective 
     action pertains;
       (C) with respect to an outstanding unimplemented public 
     recommendation from the Office of Inspector General of the 
     agency that the agency has decided to adopt, a timeline for 
     implementation; and
       (D) an explanation for any discrepancy between--
       (i) the reports submitted under paragraphs (1) and (2);
       (ii) the semiannual reports submitted by the Office of 
     Inspector General of the agency under section 5 of the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and
       (iii) reports submitted by the Government Accountability 
     Office relating to public recommendations that are designated 
     by the Government Accountability Office as warranting 
     priority attention and as ``open'' or ``closed, 
     unimplemented''.
       (c) Copies of Submissions.--Each agency shall provide a 
     copy of the information submitted under subsection (b) to the 
     Government Accountability Office and the Office of Inspector 
     General of the agency.
       (d) Timeline for Agency Statements.--Section 720(b) of 
     title 31, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``61st'' and inserting 
     ``181st''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``60'' and inserting 
     ``180''.
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