[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3052. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. 
Sessions) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for 
the modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for 
other purposes; 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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