S.Amdt. 793

SA 793. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF
THE UNITED STATES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Concerned that, by avoiding full
implementation of recommendations made by the Comptroller
General of the United States, agencies are missing
opportunities to operate more efficiently and effectively,
not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report summarizing the
assessment of the Comptroller General of each open
recommendation made to an agency specified in paragraph (2)
that has not been fully implemented.
(2) Agencies.--The agencies referred to in this paragraph
are as follows:
(A) The Department of Defense.
(B) The Department of State.
(C) The United States Agency for International Development.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include a detailed description of the following:
(1) The initial response of the agency concerned to each
recommendation described in subsection (a)(1) at the time
such recommendation was made.
(2) The actions taken by the agency concerned to implement
such recommendation.
(3) The rationale provided by the agency concerned for not
implementing, or partially implementing, such recommendation.
(c) Form.--Any information included in a report under this
section shall, to the extent practicable, be submitted in
unclassified form, but may be set forth in a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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