S.Amdt. 1770

SA 1770. Mr. SANDERS 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 884. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEFENSE CONTRACTING FRAUD.

(a) Annual Study and Report.--The Secretary of Defense
shall conduct an annual study on defense contracting fraud
and submit a report containing the findings of such study to
the congressional defense committees.
(b) Report Contents.--The report required under subsection
(a) shall include with respect to the most recent reporting
period the following elements:
(1) An assessment of the total value of Department of
Defense contracts entered into to with contractors that have
been indicted for, settled charges of, been fined by any
Federal department or agency for, or been convicted of fraud
in connection with any contract or other transaction entered
into with the Federal Government.
(2) Recommendations by the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense or other appropriate Department of
Defense official regarding how to penalize contractors
repeatedly involved in fraud in connection with contracts or
other transactions entered into with the Federal Government,
including an update on implementation by the Department of
any previous such recommendations.
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