To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs of an inspection or audit of the use of a grant to renovate a veteran's cemetery in Guam.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 18, 2016
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Senate amendment submitted
May 18, 2016
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4038 proposed by Senator Collins for Senator Flake to Amendment SA 3896.(consideration: CR S2966-2969; text: CR S2967)
May 18, 2016
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 4038 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
May 18, 2016
Senate amendment submitted
May 18, 2016
Amendment SA 4038 proposed by Senator Collins for Senator Flake to Amendment SA 3896. (consideration: CR S2966-2969; text: CR S2967) To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for the conduct by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs of an inspection or audit of the use of a grant to renovate a veteran's cemetery in Guam.
May 18, 2016
Amendment SA 4038 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
May 18, 2016
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SA 4038. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; as follows: At the end of title II of division B, add the following: Sec. 251. Not later than September 30, 2017, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall-- (1) provide for the conduct by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs of an inspection or audit of the use of Federal award GU1103 in the amount of $3,265,487 that was awarded in 2013 to renovate a veteran's cemetery in Guam under the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including-- (A) an itemized accounting of the use of such award; or (B) if no such itemized accounting is possible, an explanation of why any amounts in connection with such award are unaccounted for; (2) submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the results on the inspection or audit conducted under paragraph (1); and (3) publish the results on the inspection or audit conducted under paragraph (1) on a publicly available Internet website of the Department. ______