[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 100 (Monday, June 13, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2913-S2914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5084. Mr. CARPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran) to 
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health care and benefits for veterans 
exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

        On page 121, between lines 12 and 13, insert the 
     following:
       (c) Plan for Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives a detailed plan for obligating and 
     expending amounts from

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     the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund, including a detailed 
     justification for each type of obligation of such amounts.
       (d) Inspector General of Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Audits and Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall 
     submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives a report examining the obligations and 
     expenditures made using amounts from the Cost of War Toxic 
     Exposures Fund during the period covered by the report.
       (2) Contents.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A comparison of how the amounts from the Cost of War 
     Toxic Exposures Fund are being obligated and expended to how 
     the amounts were planned to be obligated and expended in the 
     plan under subsection (c).
       (B) Identification of waste, fraud, and abuse, if any.
       (C) Such other matters as the Inspector General determines 
     relevant.
       (e) Comptroller General of the United States Reviews.--
       (1) Interim report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives an interim report containing a 
     review of obligations and expenditures made using covered 
     funds.
       (B) Contents.--The report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall include the following:
       (i) A review of the process of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs for preparing the request for amounts from the Cost 
     of War Toxic Exposures Fund.
       (ii) An explanation of how the expenditure of such amounts 
     met the goals of the Department.
       (2) Final report.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a final report 
     on the matters specified under paragraph (1).
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