[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2182 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2182

To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to provide 
for enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant 
                  to such Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2009

Mr. Towns (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Platts, Mr. Welch, 
and Mr. Connolly of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to provide 
for enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant 
                  to such Act, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Enhanced Oversight of State and 
Local Economic Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL OVERSIGHT UNDER 
              AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009.

    (a) Federal Agency Requirement.--Section 1552 of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 297) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) Federal Agency Requirement.--'' 
        before ``Federal agencies receiving'';
            (2) by striking ``may,'' and all that follows through 
        ``reasonably'' and inserting ``shall, subject to guidance from 
        the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,''; and
            (3) by striking ``data collection requirements'' and 
        inserting ``data collection requirements, auditing, contract 
        and grant planning and management, and investigations of waste, 
        fraud, and abuse''.
    (b) State and Local Government Authority.--Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) State and Local Government Authority.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, State and local governments receiving funds 
under this Act may set aside an amount up to 0.5 percent of such funds, 
in addition to any funds already allocated to administrative 
expenditures, to conduct planning and oversight to prevent and detect 
waste, fraud, and abuse.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for section 1552 of such Act 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1552. FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR ACQUISITION BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
              THROUGH FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES.

    Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(e) Use of Supply Schedules for Economic Recovery.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator may provide for the 
        use by State or local governments of Federal supply schedules 
        of the General Services Administration for goods or services 
        that are funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
        of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
            ``(2) Voluntary use.--In the case of the use by a State or 
        local government of a Federal supply schedule pursuant to 
        paragraph (1), participation by a firm that sells to the 
        Federal Government through the supply schedule shall be 
        voluntary with respect to a sale to the State or local 
        government through such supply schedule.
            ``(3) Definitions.--The definitions in subsection (c)(3) 
        shall apply for purposes of this subsection.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF JOBS CREATED AND JOBS RETAINED.

    Section 1512(g) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 288) is amended by adding at the end 
``The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 
guidance to ensure accurate and consistent reporting of `jobs created' 
and `jobs retained' as those terms are used in subsection (c)(3)(D).''.
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