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