To ensure the fiscal integrity of travel payments made by the Department of Defense.

SA 4785. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 218, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of
Representatives a report--
(1) describing risk assessments performed by the Department
of Defense on payments made by the Department for travel, as
required under section 2 of the Improper Payments Information
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-300; 31 U.S.C. 3321 note);
(2) including an estimate, using statistically valid
methods, of improper payments for travel that have been
processed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service
(DFAS); and
(3) including an explanation that the methods used to
perform risk assessments are statistically valid in
accordance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum
30-13 issued pursuant to the Improper Payments Information
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-300; 31 U.S.C. 3321 note).
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