[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3979]
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  SA 2432. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of section _0012, add the following:
       (c) Deadline for Release of Funds After Final Proposal 
     Approved; Conditions on Deobligation.--Section 60102 of 
     division F of Public Law 117-58 (47 U.S.C. 1702), as amended 
     by this section, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (e)(4)--
       (A) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by inserting after 
     ``shall'' the following: ``, not later than 30 days after 
     approving the final proposal,''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by inserting after 
     ``shall'' the following: ``, not later than 30 days after 
     approving the final proposal,''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(s) Limits on Deobligation.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary may not 
     deobligate funds awarded to an eligible entity under 
     subsection (g)(3)(B) unless the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Commerce has--
       ``(A) completed an investigation into the alleged 
     misconduct described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of that 
     subsection that is the basis for the proposed deobligation; 
     and
       ``(B) reported to the Assistant Secretary the findings of 
     the Inspector General under subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) Funding.--From the portion of the amount appropriated 
     under subsection (b)(5)(A) that is available to the Assistant 
     Secretary for administrative purposes under subsection 
     (d)(1), the Assistant Secretary shall transfer $5,000,000 to 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce to carry 
     out paragraph (1) of this subsection.''.
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