S.Amdt. 1393

SA 1393. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy,
and Mr. Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 585, strike line 17 and all that follows through
page 586, line 4, and insert the following:
``(e) Inspector General Oversight; Recoupment.--
``(1) Oversight authority.--The Inspector General of the
Department of the Treasury shall conduct monitoring and
oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made
available under this section.
``(2) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the
Department of the Treasury determines that a State, Tribal
government, or unit of local government has failed to comply
with subsection (c), the amount equal to the amount of funds
used in violation of such subsection shall be booked as a
debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. Amounts
recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the
general fund of the Treasury.
``(3) Funding.--The Inspector General of the Department of
the Treasury may use funds appropriated under section 601(f)
to carry out this subsection.
``(4) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of
any Inspector General, including such authority as provided
in the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
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