,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1        
#bjai,mr4 ,banks introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs to report biennially 
on actions taken to address areas of    
concern regarding the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs in the ,high ,risk   
,list of the ,government ,accountability
 ,office1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
,oversight ,enhancement ,act of #bjai4  
#b4 ,biennial report by ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs on actions taken to  
address areas of concern in the ,high   
,risk ,list of the ,government          
,accountability ,office  7a7 ,biennial  
report required ,not later than #abj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 and in each session of       
,congress thereafter in which the ,high 

,risk ,list of the ,government          
,accountability ,office published in    
that session includes areas of concern  
relating to the ,department of ,veterans
 ,affairs1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall submit to the appropriate
 committees of ,congress and the        
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states a report on the actions taken by
 the ,secretary and the progress made by
 the ,secretary in implementing the     
,high ,risk ,action ,plan of the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to    
address such areas of concern identified
 by the ,comptroller ,general in the    
most recently published ,high ,risk     
,list4  7b7 ,contents ,each report      
submitted under subsection 7a7 shall    
include1 for the period covered by the  
report1 the following3  7#a7 ,the       
corrective measures and specific steps  
necessary for addressing root causes    
identified in the ,high ,risk ,action   
,plan for removal from the high-risk    
designation1 including the progress of  

the ,secretary in implementing those    
measures and steps4 ,the specific       
measures and steps shall--  7,a7 address
 each root cause2  7,b7 identify        
resources to implement corrective       
actions1 including funding1             
stakeholders1 technology1 and the senior
 officials responsible for implementing 
the corrective actions and reporting    
results2  7,c7 identify metrics that can
 be used to assess progress and assign  
responsibility for tracking progress1   
including the mechanism that will be    
used to keep senior leadership informed 
about progress made or challenges       
encountered2  7,d7 list key outcomes and
 goals that demonstrate progress in     
addressing the concerns2 and  7,e7      
establish timeframes with overall and   
interim milestones4  7#b7 ,the progress 
of the ,secretary in addressing the five
 criteria for removal from the ,high    
,risk ,list for each of the areas of    
concern identified by the ,comptroller  
,general4  7#c7 ,an explanation and     

course of action for each failure to    
fully adopt the criteria of the         
,comptroller ,general for removal from  
the ,high ,risk list4  #c4 ,annual      
report by ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs on implementation of certain   
recommendations of ,comptroller ,general
 of the ,united ,states pertaining to   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,annual report required ,not later than 
#abj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 and not less    
frequently than once each year          
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,veterans 
,affairs shall submit to the appropriate
 committees of ,congress and to the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states a report on the implementation  
of recommendations of the ,comptroller  
,general that pertain to the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs4  7b7 ,contents  
,each report submitted under subsection 
7a7 shall include1 for the period       
covered by the report1 the following3   
7#a7 ,the progress of the ,secretary in 

implementing all open priority          
recommendations of the ,comptroller     
,general for the ,department of         
,veterans ,affairs4  7#b7 ,an           
explanation for each instance where the 
,secretary has decided not to implement1
 or has not fully implemented1 an open  
priority recommendation of the          
,comptroller ,general for the           
,department4  7#c7 ,courses of action   
for the ,secretary to implement open    
priority recommendations of the         
,comptroller ,general1 including--  7,a7
 resources to implement corrective      
actions1 including funding1             
stakeholders1 technology1 and the senior
 officials responsible for implementing 
the corrective actions and reporting    
results2  7,b7 metrics that can be used 
to assess progress and assign           
responsibility for tracking progress1   
including the mechanism that will be    
used to keep senior leadership informed 
about progress made or challenges       
encountered2  7,c7 key outcomes and     

goals that demonstrate progress in      
addressing the concerns2 and  7,d7      
timeframes with overall and interim     
milestones4  7c7 ,supplement and not    
supplant current report requirements    
,the requirements of this section shall 
supplement and not supplant the         
requirements of section #gbj of title   
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  #d4        
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
defined ,in this ,act1 the term         
appropriate committees of ,congress     
means the ,committee on ,veterans'      
,affairs of the ,senate and the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,house of ,representatives4