S.Amdt. 1832

SA 1832. Ms. BALDWIN 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, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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:

SEC. 1085. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN INSPECTOR GENERAL WORK
PRODUCTS.

Section 312 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:

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``(c)(1) Whenever the Inspector General, in carrying out
the duties and responsibilities established under the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), issues a work
product that makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests
corrective action, the Inspector General shall--
``(A) submit the work product to--
``(i) the Secretary;
``(ii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate;
``(iii) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
``(iv) if the work product was initiated upon request by an
individual or entity other than the Inspector General, that
individual or entity; and
``(v) any member of Congress upon request;
``(B) submit all final work products to--
``(i) if the work product was initiated upon request by an
individual or entity other than the Inspector General, that
individual or entity; and
``(ii) any Member of Congress upon request; and
``(C) not later than 3 days after the work product is
submitted in final form to the Secretary, post the work
product on the Internet website of the Inspector General.
``(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
authorize the public disclosure of information that is
specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other
provision of law.''.
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