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  SA 4785. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 218, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Sec. 8109. Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 
     Representatives a report--
       (1) describing risk assessments performed by the Department 
     of Defense on payments made by the Department for travel, as 
     required under section 2 of the Improper Payments Information 
     Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-300; 31 U.S.C. 3321 note);
       (2) including an estimate, using statistically valid 
     methods, of improper payments for travel that have been 
     processed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
     (DFAS); and
       (3) including an explanation that the methods used to 
     perform risk assessments are statistically valid in 
     accordance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum 
     30-13 issued pursuant to the Improper Payments Information 
     Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-300; 31 U.S.C. 3321 note).
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