S.Amdt. 669

SA 669. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 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 end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. ___. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE
MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop and submit to
Congress a comprehensive and detailed strategic
implementation plan to fully implement all 14 open
recommendations, as of such date of enactment, produced by
the Government Accountability Office in relation to its
report entitled ``VA and DOD Need to Address Ongoing
Difficulties and Better Prepare for Future Integrations''
that was published on February 29, 2016.
(b) Public Availability.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each publish the
strategic implementation plan developed under subsection (a)
on the public Internet website of the Department of Defense
and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.
(c) Update.--Not later than 180 days after publication of
the strategic implementation plan under subsection (b), the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive and
detailed status update report on the progress made in fully
implementing all open recommendations described in subsection
(a).
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