S.Amdt. 2782

SA 2782. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Bennet) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2763 proposed by Mr.
Kirk (for himself, Mr. Tester, and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2029,
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 39, line 14, insert after ``established above:''
the following: ``Provided further, That the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs

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shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House
of Representatives, not later than 30 days after the last day
of each fiscal quarter, a report on the super construction
projects, as defined in section 8103(e)(3) of title 38,
United States Code, carried out by the Department of Veterans
Affairs, which shall include the status of each such project
as of the last day of the quarter covered by the report, the
actual cost and schedule variances of each such project as of
such day compared to the planned cost and schedules for the
project, and a dispute resolution matrix depicting internal
and external disputes regarding technical, fiscal, schedule,
or other issues, along with action plans and timelines for
resolution:''
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