[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 174 (Wednesday, December 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2889. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2874 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 3762, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SUSPENSION OF SPECIFIED ENERGY GRANTS.

       Section 1603 of division B of the American Recovery and 
     Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(k) Special Rule.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     not make any grant to any person under this section after the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection and before the date 
     that both the Inspector General of the Department of the 
     Treasury and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
     Administration have completed and submitted to Congress a 
     comprehensive investigation relating to fraud with respect to 
     the grants allowed under this section, including fraud--
       ``(1) through overestimating the cost bases of property for 
     purposes of collecting such grants, and
       ``(2) through claiming both tax benefits and grants with 
     respect to the same property.''.
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