[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1202. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for 
himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. 
Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide 
for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of part 1 of subtitle A of title II, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2014. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 2001(a), the 
     amount appropriated under such section 2001(a) to the 
     Department of Education shall be $127,269,800,000.
       (b) Inspector General Audit and Investigation.--In addition 
     to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
     Department of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     $20,000,000, for the Office of Inspector General of the 
     Department of Education to conduct, supervise, and coordinate 
     audits and investigations of the procedures, plans, and 
     stakeholder consultations used, developed, and adopted by 
     relevant State and local authorities with respect to 
     reopening elementary and secondary schools for in-person 
     learning.
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