S.Amdt. 3014

1. Rewrites section 824

   Replaces

   In H.R. 1585 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Struck: SEC. 824. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR AUDIT FINDINGS.

   Struck: (a) Quarterly Report to Congress.--

   Struck: (1) Requirement.--The head of each Federal agency or department or, in the case of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall submit to the chairman and ranking member of each committee specified in paragraph (2) on a quarterly basis a report that includes the following:

   Struck: (A) A list of completed audits performed by such agency or department issued during the applicable quarter that describe contractor costs in excess of $10,000,000 that have been identified as unjustified, unsupported, questioned, or unreasonable under any contract, task or delivery order, or subcontract.

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   Struck: (B) The specific amounts of costs identified as unjustified, unsupported, questioned, or unreasonable and the percentage of their total value of the contract, task or delivery order, or subcontract.

   Struck: (C) A list of completed audits performed by such agency or department issued during the applicable quarter that identify material deficiencies in the performance of any contractor or in any business system of any contractor under any contract, task or delivery order, or subcontract.

   Struck: (2) Committees.--The report described in paragraph (1) shall be submitted to--

   Struck: (A) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives;

   Struck: (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

   Struck: (C) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate;

   Struck: (D) in the case of reports from the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy, the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives; and

   Struck: (E) the committees of primary jurisdiction over the agency or department submitting the report.

   Struck: (3) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an agency or department with respect to a calendar quarter if no audits described in paragraph (1) were issued during that quarter.

   Struck: (b) Submission of Individual Audits.--

   Struck: (1) Requirement.--The head of each Federal agency or department shall provide, within 14 days after a request in writing by the chairman or ranking member of any committee listed in paragraph (2), a full and unredacted copy of any audit described in subsection (a)(1). Such copy shall include an identification of information in the audit exempt from public disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.

   Struck: (2) Committees.--The committees listed in this paragraph are the following:

   Struck: (A) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.

   Struck: (B) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.

   Struck: (C) The Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

   Struck: (D) In the case of the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy, the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.

   Struck: (E) The committees of primary jurisdiction over the agency or department to which the request is made.

   Inserted: SEC. 824. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall, in coordination with the Attorney General, submit to Congress a report setting forth such modifications to law or regulations as may be required to provide sufficient employment opportunities for Federal prisoners to reduce recidivism among, and to promote job skills for, the growing population of Federal prisoners.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report shall include an assessment of the following:

   Inserted: (1) The effect of the current Federal Prison Industries program on private industry.

   Inserted: (2) The impact of limitations on authorized purchasers of Federal Prison Industries products, and proposed alternative employment opportunities for Federal prisoners that may be used to reduce any negative impact on the Federal Prison Industries program of the modifications set forth in subsection (a).

   Original wording

   Strike section 824 and insert the following:

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