To require the Comptroller General of the United States to brief and submit a report to Congress on the administration and oversight by the Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the design and construction of major medical facility projects.

SA 1540. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Gardner) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr.
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND REPORT ON MAJOR
MEDICAL FACILITY PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) Briefing.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States

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shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a
briefing on the administration and oversight by the
Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the design
and construction of major medical facility projects, as
defined in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States
Code.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
administration and oversight described in subsection (a).
(c) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a) and
the report required by subsection (b) shall each include an
examination of the following:
(1) The processes used by the Department for overseeing and
assuring the performance of construction design and
construction contracts for major medical facility projects,
as so defined.
(2) Any actions taken by the Department to improve the
administration of such contracts.
(3) Such opportunities for further improvement of the
administration of such contracts as the Comptroller General
considers appropriate.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee
on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
and
(2) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Subcommittee
on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
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