S.Amdt. 1749

SA 1749. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

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SEC. 1085. SENSE OF SENATE ON MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT TRAVEL
CHARGE CARDS.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) a finding in a May 2015 report of the Inspector General
of the Department of Defense that personnel charged nearly
$1,000,000 to government travel charge cards for personal use
at casinos and adult entertainment establishments over a one
year period demonstrates serious misuse of government travel
charge cards, does not comport with the values of the
Department, and requires additional oversight to prevent
future misuse;
(2) the Director of the Defense Travel Management Office
should work with the Armed Forces, the Defense Agencies, and
representatives of financial institutions to determine how to
prevent and identify the inappropriate personal use of the
government travel charge cards under those and similar
circumstances; and
(3) the Department of Defense should work to expeditiously
address any outstanding recommendations in the report of the
Inspector General described in paragraph (1).
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