S.Amdt. 3388

SA 3388. Mr. BURRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3336 proposed by Mr. Baucus to the bill H.R. 4213, to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC
RECOVERY ACT.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery
Act''.
(b) Requirements for Funding for State and Local Oversight
Under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.--
(1) Federal agency requirement.--Section 1552 of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111-5; 123 Stat. 297) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(a) Federal Agency Requirement.--''
before ``Federal agencies receiving'';
(B) by striking ``may,'' and all that follows through
``reasonably'' and inserting ``shall, subject to guidance
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,'';
and
(C) by striking ``data collection requirements'' and
inserting ``data collection requirements, auditing, contract
and grant planning and management, and investigations of
waste, fraud, and abuse''.
(2) State and local government authority.--Section 1552 of
that Act is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(b) State and Local Government Authority.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, State and local
governments receiving funds under this Act may set aside an
amount up to 0.5 percent of such funds, in addition to any
funds already allocated to administrative expenditures, to
conduct planning and oversight to prevent and detect waste,
fraud, and abuse.''.
(3) Technical and conforming amendment.--The heading for
section 1552 of that Act is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1552. FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
OVERSIGHT.''.

(c) Authorization for Acquisition by State and Local
Governments Through Federal Supply Schedules.--Section 502 of
title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(e) Use of Supply Schedules for Economic Recovery.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator may provide for the
use by State or local governments of Federal supply schedules
of the General Services Administration for goods or services
that are funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).
``(2) Voluntary use.--In the case of the use by a State or
local government of a Federal supply schedule under paragraph
(1), participation by a firm that sells to the Federal
Government through the supply schedule shall be voluntary
with respect to a sale to the State or local government
through such supply schedule.
``(3) Provisions to ensure proper usage by non-federal
users.--The Administrator shall, for authorized non-Federal
users of Federal Supply Schedules--
``(A) review the existing ordering guidance and, as
necessary, prescribe additional guidance to ensure proper
usage and to maximize task and delivery order competition;
``(B) make available the online electronic Request for
Quote (RFQ)/Request for Proposal (RFP) system; and
``(C) make available, free of charge, training related to
proper Schedule usage, including online training courses.
``(4) Definitions.--The definitions in subsection (c)(3)
shall apply for purposes of this subsection.''.
(d) Definition of Jobs Created and Jobs Retained.--Section
1512(g) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 288) is amended by adding at the
end ``The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall issue guidance to ensure accurate and consistent
reporting of `jobs created' and `jobs retained' as those
terms are used in subsection (c)(3)(D).''.
(e) Federal Awards Under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009.--Section 2 of the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101
note; Public Law 109-282) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Additional website content.--Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of the Enhanced Oversight of
State and Local Economic Recovery Act, the Office of
Management and Budget shall ensure that the website under
this subsection--
``(A) clearly differentiates between projects funded under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public
Law 111-5) and other Federal awards; and
``(B) provides users with the ability to perform searches
for information in the website relating only to Federal
awards funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).''; and
(2) by adding after subsection (g) the following:
``(h) Weblink.--The website Recovery.gov established under
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public
Law 111-5) shall contain a prominently displayed weblink on
its front page to the website under this section.''.
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