[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1393. Mr. HAGERTY 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:

       On page 585, strike line 17 and all that follows through 
     page 586, line 4, and insert the following:
       ``(e) Inspector General Oversight; Recoupment.--
       ``(1) Oversight authority.--The Inspector General of the 
     Department of the Treasury shall conduct monitoring and 
     oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made 
     available under this section.
       ``(2) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the 
     Department of the Treasury determines that a State, Tribal 
     government, or unit of local government has failed to comply 
     with subsection (c), the amount equal to the amount of funds 
     used in violation of such subsection shall be booked as a 
     debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. Amounts 
     recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the 
     general fund of the Treasury.
       ``(3) Funding.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
     the Treasury may use funds appropriated under section 601(f) 
     to carry out this subsection.
       ``(4) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this 
     subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of 
     any Inspector General, including such authority as provided 
     in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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