S.Amdt. 478

SA 478. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 A of title X, add the following:

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SEC. 1008. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON
THE EFFECTS OF CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS ON
READINESS AND PLANNING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report setting forth a description and
assessment of the effects of continuing resolutions on
readiness and planning of the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
address the following:
(1) The extent to which the acquisition of goods and
services, the support of operational systems, and the
stewardship of installations and facilities by the Department
of Defense are impacted by continuing resolutions, including
the following:
(A) The extent to which continuing resolutions negatively
impact contract fidelity, including Department purchasing
power, and Department leverage in non-pecuniary contract
terms such as contract type and delivery date.
(B) The extent to which the Department pays more, all other
things being equal, because of frequent continuing
resolutions.
(C) An estimate of the total decrease in Department
purchasing power as a result of continuing resolutions.
(D) The extent to which continuing resolutions negatively
impact Department maintenance work.
(2) The effects of preparations for and operations of
Department personnel under continuing resolutions, including
the following:
(A) The time spent by Senior Executive Service personnel
and general and flag officers in preparations for and
responses to the enactment of continuing resolutions, set
forth by average per year and average per continuing
resolution.
(B) The time spent by other Department personnel in
preparations for and implementation of continuing
resolutions.
(C) The extent to which Department personnel take more time
to focus on budget execution under a continuing resolution
when compared with a full year appropriation.
(D) The extent to which continuing resolutions negatively
impact the ability of managers at the Department to hire.
(3) The funding issues of the Department associated with
continuing resolutions, including the extent to which the
Department has requested so-called ``anomalies'' or
exceptions to limitations on duration, amount, or purposes of
funds that otherwise apply to interim funding under
continuing resolutions, including the following (beginning
with fiscal year 2010):
(A) The number and absolute value of programs affected by
continuing resolutions restrictions on new starts.
(B) The number and absolute value of programs affected by
continuing resolutions restrictions on production increases.
(C) The number and absolute value of such exceptions
requested by the Department.
(D) The percentage of such exceptions, in both numbers and
dollar amount, included in continuing resolutions.
(E) The total cumulative delay due to continuing
resolutions in programs funded through procurement or
research, development, test, and evaluation.
(F) The amount by which the budget of the Department has
been misaligned either between or within accounts dued to
continuing resolutions, set forth by budget category 050 and
amount, together with adjustments for length of the
continuing resolution concerned.
(c) Continuing Resolution Defined.--In this section, the
term ``continuing resolution'' means a continuing resolution
or similar partial-year appropriation providing funds for the
Department of Defense pending enactment of a full-year
appropriation for the Department.
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