[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2028. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Sanders) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1003. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN EFFORTS IN 
                   CONNECTION WITH THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
                   SYSTEMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Report Required.--No later than 120 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the progress of the Department 
     of the Defense in--
       (1) retiring legacy financial management systems; and
       (2) obtaining or developing a fully-integrated, United 
     States Standard General Ledger (USSGL)-compliant financial 
     management system or systems.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include following:
       (1) The name of each financial management system in use by 
     the Department of Defense.
       (2) The anticipated date of retirement for each such system 
     planned to be retired.
       (3) A summary of the retirement plan for any system that 
     will be retired, including the manner in which data in such 
     system will be transferred to a different system.
       (4) In the case of a system that is not planned for 
     retirement, a justification of the determination not to 
     retire such system.
       (5) The average aggregate amount spent by the Department on 
     operating and maintaining legacy financial management systems 
     during the five fiscal years ending with fiscal year 2020.
       (6) The average aggregate amount spent by the Department on 
     acquiring or developing new financial management systems 
     during such five fiscal years.
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