[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5958. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ____. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE UNIMPLEMENTED 
                   PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS.

       The Comptroller General of the United States shall, as part 
     of the Comptroller General's annual reporting to committees 
     of Congress--
       (1) consolidate Matters for Congressional Consideration 
     from the Government Accountability Office in one report 
     organized by policy topic that includes the amount of time 
     such Matters have been unimplemented and submit such report 
     to congressional leadership and the oversight committees of 
     each House;
       (2) with respect to the annual letters sent by the 
     Comptroller General to individual agency heads and relevant 
     congressional committees on the status of unimplemented 
     priority recommendations, identify any additional 
     congressional oversight actions that can help agencies 
     implement such priority recommendations and address any 
     underlying issues relating to such implementation;
       (3) make publicly available the information described in 
     paragraphs (1) and (2); and
       (4) publish any known costs of unimplemented priority 
     recommendations, if applicable.
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