To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress a report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule.

SA 1081. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science,
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division C, insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall submit to Congress and post on
the website of the Office of Management and Budget a report
on each project funded by an agency that is appropriated
funds under this division--

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(1) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or
(2) for which the amount spent on the project is not less
than $1,000,000,000 more than the original cost estimate for
the project.
(b) Each report submitted and posted under subsection (a)
shall include, for each project included in the report--
(1) a brief description of the project, including--
(A) the purpose of the project;
(B) each location in which the project is carried out;
(C) the year in which the project was initiated;
(D) the Federal share of the total cost of the project; and
(E) each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant
recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the project;
(2) an explanation of any change to the original scope of
the project, including by the addition or narrowing of the
initial requirements of the project;
(3) the original expected date for completion of the
project;
(4) the current expected date for completion of the
project;
(5) the original cost estimate for the project, as adjusted
to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;
(6) the current cost estimate for the project, as adjusted
to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;
(7) an explanation for a delay in completion or increase in
the original cost estimate for the project; and
(8) the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive
fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the project.
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