,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fehi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1          
#bjbj,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs to develop and    
submit to ,congress a plan to address   
the material weakness of the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,cfo ,authority and
 ,collaboration ,act of #bjbj4  #b4     
,plan to address material weakness of   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall--
 7#a7 develop a plan1 including steps   
and related timelines1 for fully        
addressing-- 7,a7 the repeated material 
weakness of the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs2 and  7,b7 the recommendations
 of the auditor related to entity level 

controls1 including the organizational  
structure of the office of the ,chief   
,financial ,officer of the ,department2 
and  7#b7 submit to the ,committees on  
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate and  
the ,house of ,representatives a report 
containing a description of-- 7,a7 the  
plan developed under paragraph 7#a72 and
  7,b7 the steps the ,secretary plans to
 take to provide sufficient authority to
 the ,chief ,financial ,officer of the  
,department to carry out the            
requirements of section #ijb of title   
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code4