S.Amdt. 2336

SA 2336. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2234 proposed by Mr. Coburn to the bill H.R. 3010, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 222, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:

SEC. __. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RISK ASSESSMENT.

(a) Estimate.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education shall estimate improper payments pursuant to section 2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note, Public Law 107-300) under--

(1) in the case of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program under part E of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq,), the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the State Children's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), and the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.); and

(2) in the case of the Secretary of Education, title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).

(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of the programs specified in subsection (a)(1), and the Secretary of Education, in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(2), shall report to Congress on the specific actions taken under each such program to comply with section 2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002, including a schedule for full compliance with such Act within fiscal year 2006.

(c) Failure to Report.--If the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in the case of a program specified in subsection (a)(1), or the Secretary of Education, in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(2), fails to report to Congress on specific actions taken to estimate improper payments under such a program by the date described in subsection (b), none of the funds made available in this Act for that program shall be obligated or expended after such date until a report regarding the program that contains the information specified in subsection (b) is submitted to Congress.