S.Amdt. 2048

SA 2048. Mr. JOHNSON 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION.

It is the sense of Congress that the appointment of a Lead
Inspector General for

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Operation Freedom's Sentinel by the Chair of the Council of
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency pursuant to
section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.) is not intended to limit or otherwise affect the
authority and responsibilities of the Office of the Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (commonly
known as ``SIGAR'') as established by section 1229 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
(Public Law 110-81; 122 Stat. 378).
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