[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 742. Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF QUALITY RATING 
                   SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY LIVING CENTERS OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a review of the quality rating system 
     for community living centers operated by the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.
       (b) Elements.--The review conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall include an assessment of the following:
       (1) The data and information that underlie the quality 
     ratings for community living centers operated by the 
     Department.
       (2) Trends in quality for such community living centers.
       (3) The use of quality ratings by the Department to conduct 
     oversight of such community living centers.
       (c) Report.--Not later than January 1, 2021, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     results of the review conducted under subsection (a).
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