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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1531 

To require reporting by the Secretary of Education on the implementation 

of recent Government Accountability Office recommendations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 12, 2017 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. MANCHIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To require reporting by the Secretary of Education on the 

implementation of recent Government Accountability Office recommendations. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu5 cation Accountability Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO OUT7 STANDING RECOMMENDATIONS. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means the Committee on Health, Edu4 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 

5 Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 (2) OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATION.—The 

8 term ‘‘outstanding recommendation’’ means a rec9 ommendation of the Government Accountability Of10 fice that— 

11 (A) relates to the Department of Edu12 cation; 

13 (B) was made during the 10-year period 

14 preceding the date of enactment of this Act; 

15 and 

16 (C) is classified by the Government Ac17 countability Office as ‘‘open’’ or ‘‘closed, not 

18 implemented’’. 

19 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Edu21 cation shall submit to the appropriate congressional com22 mittees and to the Comptroller General of the United 

23 States a report listing all outstanding recommendations 

24 from the Government Accountability Office. 


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1 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL RESPONSE.—Not later 

2 than 60 days after the Secretary of Education submits 

3 the report required under subsection (b), the Comptroller 

4 General shall identify for the appropriate congressional 

5 committees and for the Secretary of Education any dis6 crepancies between the list of outstanding recommenda7 tions included in such report and the Government Ac8 countability Office’s list of outstanding recommendations. 

9 (d) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary of Education shall submit to the appropriate 

13 congressional committees and to the Comptroller 

14 General of the United States a report on the imple15 mentation status of each outstanding recommenda16 tion included in the report under subsection (b). 

17 (2) JUSTIFICATION.—The report required 

18 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

19 (A) for any outstanding recommendation 

20 the Department of Education has decided not 

21 to implement, a detailed justification for the de22 cision; 

23 (B) for any outstanding recommendation 

24 the Department of Education has decided to 

25 adopt, a timeline for full implementation; and 


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1 (C) an explanation for any discrepancies 

2 included in the Comptroller General response 

3 submitted under subsection (c). 

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