S.Amdt. 1148

SA 1148. Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Cardin) 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 title VII of division B,
insert the following:
Sec. 7__. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study evaluating the relocation of the
Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture (referred to in this section as ``the
agencies'').
(b) Not later than July 31, 2020, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives a report describing the results of the
study conducted under subsection (a), including an evaluation
of--
(1) whether the Department of Agriculture properly and
effectively considered, planned for, and implemented the
relocation of the agencies; and
(2) how the relocation of the agencies is impacting the
agencies in achieving the missions of the agencies.
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