S.Amdt. 3023

SA 3023. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 3944, making appropriations for military
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PERSONNEL
WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report describing--
(1) all employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs
who--
(A) are acting in coordination with, on behalf of, or as a
liaison between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Government Efficiency, and
(B) have access to facilities, systems, and databases of
the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(2) the timeline and circumstances under which each
employee described in paragraph (1) had access to personal
data of veterans or employees of the Department of Veterans
Affairs stored in facilities, systems, and databases
described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph;
(3) within which of the facilities, systems, and databases
described in paragraph (1)(B) the information described in
paragraph (2) was accessed; and
(4) whether the roles of employees described in paragraph
(1) require continuing access to data described in paragraph
(2).
(b) Limitation on Availability of Funds for Basic Pay of
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.--If the report required by
subsection (a) is not received by the committees described in
subsection (a) during the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 30 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, none of the
funds appropriated by this title may be used to provide basic
pay for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during the period
beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the
report required by subsection (a) is received by the
committees described in such subsection.
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