S.Amdt. 2588

SA 2588. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 in title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 2282. REPORT ON DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY
MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES OVERHEAD
ACCOUNTS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Security Cooperation shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on Defense
Security Cooperation Agency management of Foreign Military
Sales (FMS) overhead accounts.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An analysis of the appropriate upper limit for
administrative and contract administration services (CAS)
accounts.
(2) An assessment of the amounts available for transfer
above the safety level in the administrative and CAS
accounts.
(3) An assessment and prioritization of activities or
programs that could improve the efficiency of the FMS
process, including increased training for or expansion of the
FMS workforce, using such funds available for transfer.
(4) A description of the total workforce requirements
necessary to manage the Foreign Military Sales process,
including Federal civilians, members of the Armed Forces, and
contractor full time equivalents (FTEs).
(5) Information on how much each component costs per year,
which shall be included in congressional budget justification
documents.
(6) An examination of whether an increased diversity of FMS
administrative and CAS fee type and size might better align
with the preferences of different buyers.
(7) A comparison of how the analysis used to generate
safety levels for the administrative and CAS accounts is
different from best practices used to generate safety levels
for other Federal trust funds of similar type and size.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
the Budget of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
the Budget of the House of Representatives.
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