S.Amdt. 5084

SA 5084. Mr. CARPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5051 proposed by Mr. Tester (for himself and Mr. Moran) to
the bill H.R. 3967, to improve health care and benefits for veterans
exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 121, between lines 12 and 13, insert the
following:
(c) Plan for Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives a detailed plan for obligating and
expending amounts from

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the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund, including a detailed
justification for each type of obligation of such amounts.
(d) Inspector General of Department of Veterans Affairs
Audits and Reports.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall
submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives a report examining the obligations and
expenditures made using amounts from the Cost of War Toxic
Exposures Fund during the period covered by the report.
(2) Contents.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A comparison of how the amounts from the Cost of War
Toxic Exposures Fund are being obligated and expended to how
the amounts were planned to be obligated and expended in the
plan under subsection (c).
(B) Identification of waste, fraud, and abuse, if any.
(C) Such other matters as the Inspector General determines
relevant.
(e) Comptroller General of the United States Reviews.--
(1) Interim report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives an interim report containing a
review of obligations and expenditures made using covered
funds.
(B) Contents.--The report required by subparagraph (A)
shall include the following:
(i) A review of the process of the Department of Veterans
Affairs for preparing the request for amounts from the Cost
of War Toxic Exposures Fund.
(ii) An explanation of how the expenditure of such amounts
met the goals of the Department.
(2) Final report.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives a final report
on the matters specified under paragraph (1).
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