Title: Department of Education Accountability Act of 2017
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Department of Education Accountability Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Education to report on the implementation status of outstanding recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office during the past 10 years.


[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1531 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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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.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
       To require reporting by the Secretary of Education on the 
       implementation of recent Government Accountability Office 
                            recommendations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Education 
Accountability Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) Outstanding recommendation.--The term ``outstanding 
        recommendation'' means a recommendation of the Government 
        Accountability Office that--
                    (A) relates to the Department of Education;
                    (B) was made during the 10-year period preceding 
                the date of enactment of this Act; and
                    (C) is classified by the Government Accountability 
                Office as ``open'' or ``closed, not implemented''.
    (b) Initial Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees and to the Comptroller General of 
the United States a report listing all outstanding recommendations from 
the Government Accountability Office.
    (c) Comptroller General Response.--Not later than 60 days after the 
Secretary of Education submits the report required under subsection 
(b), the Comptroller General shall identify for the appropriate 
congressional committees and for the Secretary of Education any 
discrepancies between the list of outstanding recommendations included 
in such report and the Government Accountability Office's list of 
outstanding recommendations.
    (d) Implementation Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall submit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees and to the 
        Comptroller General of the United States a report on the 
        implementation status of each outstanding recommendation 
        included in the report under subsection (b).
            (2) Justification.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) for any outstanding recommendation the 
                Department of Education has decided not to implement, a 
                detailed justification for the decision;
                    (B) for any outstanding recommendation the 
                Department of Education has decided to adopt, a 
                timeline for full implementation; and
                    (C) an explanation for any discrepancies included 
                in the Comptroller General response submitted under 
                subsection (c).
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