[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1459. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1388 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. Schumer) 
to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make 
certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive 
reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans 
Community Care program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 61, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
       Sec. 709.  Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall--
       (1) conduct an audit exploring--
       (A) how the Government of Ukraine has used amounts received 
     from the United States for military, economic, and 
     humanitarian aid since February 24, 2022, including amounts 
     appropriated for Ukraine--
       (i) through the Department of Defense Ukraine Security 
     Assistance Initiative;
       (ii) through the Foreign Military Financing program;
       (iii) under the Additional Ukraine Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-128); and
       (iv) under the National Security Act, 2024; and
       (B) the effectiveness with which the Government of Ukraine 
     has prevented and detected waste, fraud, and abuse relating 
     to amounts received from the United States, including--
       (i) detailed accounts of any instances of corruption 
     relating to such United States funding; and
       (ii) the total amount of such funding that was lost due to 
     waste, fraud, or abuse; and
       (2) submit a report to Congress containing the results of 
     such audit.
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