[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1011 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1011
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to
conduct an audit of any unobligated coronavirus-related funding and to
rescind all such funding, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2023
Mr. Finstad (for himself, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Norman, Mr. Mann, Mrs.
Boebert, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr.
Donalds, Ms. Hageman, Ms. Mace, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to
conduct an audit of any unobligated coronavirus-related funding and to
rescind all such funding, 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 ``Audit and Return It Act''.
SEC. 2. OMB AUDIT OF COVID FUNDING AND RESCISSION.
(a) Audit.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall conduct an audit of appropriations provided by
provisions of law described in paragraph (2) and issue a report
listing the unobligated amounts that remain available under any
such provision.
(2) Provisions of law.--The provisions of law described in
this paragraph are the following:
(A) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-
123).
(B) The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(Public Law 116-127).
(C) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
(D) The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139).
(E) Divisions M and N of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
(F) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public
Law 117-2).
(b) Rescission.--On the date the report is issued under subsection
(a)(1), all unobligated amounts listed in such report are hereby
rescinded and shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury
for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
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