S.Amdt. 479

SA 479. Mr. CASEY 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ENHANCED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.

(a) Plan.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each authorizing committee of the
Senate with jurisdiction over spending included in this Act
shall prepare and publicly post on their website a plan
detailing--
(1) spending or programmatic language contained in this Act
which falls under their jurisdiction; and
(2) plans for oversight of spending under the jurisdiction
of the committee, including congressional hearings.
(b) Implementation Reports.--Not later than 6 months and 1
year after the date of enactment of his Act, each committee
described in subsection (a) shall prepare and post on their
website a progress report towards fulfilling components of
their oversight plan required by subsection (a) as well as
any modifications to that plan.
(c) Joint Economic Committee.--Each Federal department or
agency that receives and administers funding under this Act
shall provide information and data on their implementation of
this Act to the Committee on Joint Economics.
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