S.Amdt. 2432

SA 2432. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section _0012, add the following:
(c) Deadline for Release of Funds After Final Proposal
Approved; Conditions on Deobligation.--Section 60102 of
division F of Public Law 117-58 (47 U.S.C. 1702), as amended
by this section, is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)(4)--
(A) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(III), by inserting after
``shall'' the following: ``, not later than 30 days after
approving the final proposal,''; and
(B) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(III), by inserting after
``shall'' the following: ``, not later than 30 days after
approving the final proposal,''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(s) Limits on Deobligation.--
``(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary may not
deobligate funds awarded to an eligible entity under
subsection (g)(3)(B) unless the Inspector General of the
Department of Commerce has--
``(A) completed an investigation into the alleged
misconduct described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of that
subsection that is the basis for the proposed deobligation;
and
``(B) reported to the Assistant Secretary the findings of
the Inspector General under subparagraph (A).
``(2) Funding.--From the portion of the amount appropriated
under subsection (b)(5)(A) that is available to the Assistant
Secretary for administrative purposes under subsection
(d)(1), the Assistant Secretary shall transfer $5,000,000 to
the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce to carry
out paragraph (1) of this subsection.''.
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