S.Amdt. 838

SA 838. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1086. ANNUAL REPORTS ON FEDERAL PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER
BUDGET AND BEHIND SCHEDULE.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered agency'' means--
(A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title
5, United States Code; and
(B) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in section
3502 of title 44, United States Code.
(2) The term ``project'' includes any program, project, or
activity other that a program, project, or activity funded by
mandatory spending.
(b) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, 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 a
covered agency (other than a program currently subject to
reporting requirements under section 2433 of title 10 United
States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Nunn-McCurdy
Amendment''))--
(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.
(c) Contents.--Each report submitted and posted under
subsection (b) 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.
(d) Submission With Budget.--Section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(40) the report required under section 1086(b) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 for
the calendar year ending in the fiscal year in which the
budget is submitted.''.
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