[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7683]
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SA 4219. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 E of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 857. CONTRACTING-RELATED FRAUD RISK ASSESSMENT.
The Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) conduct an assessment of all of the risks of fraud
relating to Department of Defense contracting, including any
such risks not previously reported as a material weakness;
and
(2) submit to Congress a report on--
(A) the areas with the most significant weaknesses across
the Department; and
(B) plans for the remediation of those weaknesses.
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