S.Amdt. 259

SA 259. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus)
to the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for job
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal
stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 723, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
(3) Quarterly certification of timely payments to certain
nonprofit organizations.--For each fiscal year quarter during
the recession adjustment period, a State eligible for an
increased FMAP under this section shall certify to the
Secretary, as a condition of receiving the additional Federal
funds resulting from the application of this section to the
State for the quarter, that the State is current on its
contractual obligations with nonprofit organizations that
deliver human services on behalf of the State. Any State that
fails to make such a certification shall not be eligible for
such additional Federal funds and any State that makes such a
certification and is determined by the Secretary to not be in
compliance with the certification shall pay the Secretary an
amount equal to the additional Federal funds paid to the
State under this section during the period of noncompliance
and shall cease to be eligible for an increased FMAP under
this section for the remainder of the recession adjustment
period.
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