[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 690. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Braun) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1086. ANNUAL REPORTS ON FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER 
                   BUDGET AND BEHIND SCHEDULE.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``covered agency'' means--
       (A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 
     5, United States Code; and
       (B) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in section 
     3502 of title 44, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``project'' includes any program, project, or 
     activity other than a program, project, or activity funded by 
     mandatory spending.
       (b) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit 
     to Congress and post on the website of the Office of 
     Management and Budget a report on each project funded by a 
     covered agency--
       (1) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or
       (2) for which the amount spent on the project is not less 
     than $1,000,000,000 more than the original cost estimate for 
     the project.
       (c) Contents.--Each report submitted and posted under 
     subsection (b) shall include, for each project included in 
     the report--
       (1) a brief description of the project, including--
       (A) the purpose of the project;
       (B) each location in which the project is carried out;
       (C) the year in which the project was initiated;
       (D) the Federal share of the total cost of the project; and
       (E) each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant 
     recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the project;
       (2) an explanation of any change to the original scope of 
     the project, including by the addition or narrowing of the 
     initial requirements of the project;
       (3) the original expected date for completion of the 
     project;
       (4) the current expected date for completion of the 
     project;
       (5) the original cost estimate for the project, as adjusted 
     to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics;
       (6) the current cost estimate for the project, as adjusted 
     to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics;
       (7) an explanation for a delay in completion or increase in 
     the original cost estimate for the project; and
       (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive 
     fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the project.
       (d) Submission With Budget.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(40) the report required under section 1086(b) of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 for 
     the calendar year ending in the fiscal year in which the 
     budget is submitted.''.
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