[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3404]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1903. Ms. ERNST (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ANNUAL REPORT ON 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 ``covered project'' means a project funded by 
     a covered agency--
       (A) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or
       (B) 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; and
       (3) the term ``project'' means a major acquisition, a major 
     defense acquisition program (as defined in section 2430 of 
     title 10, United States Code), a procurement, a construction 
     project, a remediation or clean-up effort, or any other time-
     limited endeavor, that is not funded through direct spending 
     (as defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)).
       (b) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall issue guidance requiring covered 
     agencies to include, on an annual basis in a report described 
     in paragraph (2) of section 3516(a) of title 31, United 
     States Code, or a consolidated report described in paragraph 
     (1) of such section, information relating to each covered 
     project of the covered agency, which shall include--
       (1) a brief description of the covered project, including--
       (A) the purpose of the covered project;
       (B) each location in which the covered project is carried 
     out;
       (C) the contract or award number of the covered project, 
     where applicable;
       (D) the year in which the covered project was initiated;
       (E) the Federal share of the total cost of the covered 
     project; and
       (F) each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant 
     recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered project;
       (2) an explanation of any change to the original scope of 
     the covered project, including by the addition or narrowing 
     of the initial requirements of the covered project;
       (3) the original expected date for completion of the 
     covered project;
       (4) the current expected date for completion of the covered 
     project;
       (5) the original cost estimate for the covered 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 covered 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 an increase 
     in the original cost estimate for the covered project, 
     including, where applicable, any impact of insufficient or 
     delayed appropriations; and
       (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive 
     fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered 
     project.
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