[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6016 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6016

 To provide for a GAO investigation and audit of the operations of the 
   fund created by BP to compensate persons affected by the Gulf oil 
                                 spill.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2010

Mr. Brady of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for a GAO investigation and audit of the operations of the 
   fund created by BP to compensate persons affected by the Gulf oil 
                                 spill.

    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 ``Audit the BP Fund Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION AND AUDIT.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General shall conduct an ongoing 
independent investigation and audit of the operations of the fund 
created by BP to compensate persons affected by the Gulf oil spill, as 
those operations take place to determine their effectiveness, including 
the timeliness of claim payments and the accuracy of those operations 
in determining amounts of damages compensated.
    (b) Use of Subpoena Power.--The Comptroller General may use any 
investigative powers, including those of subpoena granted to the 
Comptroller General for the purposes of other investigations and 
audits, to conduct this investigation and audit.
    (c) Report to Congress.--Each month during the operations, and once 
after all those operations are completed, the Comptroller General shall 
report to Congress on the effectiveness of those operations.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) BP should fully cooperate with the Comptroller General 
        to assure that the BP relief fund is accurately, expediently, 
        and efficiently compensating Gulf coast victims of the BP oil 
        spill for their losses; and
            (2) the costs incurred by the Comptroller General to carry 
        out responsibilities under this Act should be reimbursed by BP.
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