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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 348 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require an audit of COVID–19 relief funding. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY12, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Ms. T |
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| 9 | 9 | | ENNEY(for herself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr. |
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| 10 | 10 | | I |
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| 11 | 11 | | SSA, and Mr. LATURNER) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 12 | 12 | | ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require an audit of COVID–19 relief funding. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | COVID–19 Expenditures Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. COVID–19 RELIEF FUNDING AUDIT. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) I |
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| 22 | 22 | | NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | United States shall conduct an audit of the use of all fund-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ing provided by the legislation described in subsection (b) 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | and submit a report on the findings of such audit to Con-10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | gress. 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) LEGISLATION.—The legislation described in this 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | subsection includes the following: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Re-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (Public Law 116–123). 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) The Families First Coronavirus Response 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act (Public Law 116–127). 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (3) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) The Paycheck Protection Program and 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116– 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 139). 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (5) Divisions M and N of the Consolidated Ap-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | propriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (6) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (Public Law 117–2). 16 |
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