To increase funding for oversight of grant programs and operations of the National Institutes of Health.

SA 3950. Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Murray)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695
proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division B, insert
the following:
Sec. __.  Of the funds appropriated under the heading
``Office of the Director'' under the heading ``National
Institutes of Health'', $5,000,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for the ``Office of the
Inspector General'' for oversight of grant programs and
operations of the National Institutes of Health, including
agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant
application evaluation and selection processes, and shall be
in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight
of the National Institutes of Health:  Provided, That funds
may be transferred from one specified activity to another
with 15 days prior approval of the Committees of
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate:  Provided further, That the Inspector General shall
consult with the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations before submitting to the Committees an audit
plan for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 no later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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