H.R. 7645 (117th Congress) — Oversight of emergency rental assistance amounts by the Inspector General of the Treasury
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House bill H.R. 7645 of the 117th Congress, 2D Session, was introduced May 3, 2022, to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide for oversight of emergency rental assistance amounts by the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes. Emmer introduced it for himself and others named in the heading, and it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services. The short title is the Emergency Rental Assistance Accountability and Transparency Act of 2022. The new subsection (i) directs the Inspector General to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds, and appropriates $6,500,000 to the Office of the Inspector General for oversight and recoupment activities.
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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7645
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide for oversight
of emergency rental assistance amounts by the Inspector General of
the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 2022
Mr. EMMER (for himself, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr.
POSEY, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. BARR,
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. HILL, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr.
MOONEY, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. BUDD, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. GONZALEZ of
Ohio, Mr. ROSE, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. STEIL, Mr. GOODEN of
Texas, Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide
for oversight of emergency rental assistance amounts
by the Inspector General of the Department of the
Treasury, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Rental As-
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5 sistance Accountability and Transparency Act of 2022’’.
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1 SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT.
2 Section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
3 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9058c) is amended by adding at the end
4 the following new subsection:
5 ‘‘(i) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT;
6 RECOUPMENT.—
7 ‘‘(1) OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.—The Inspector
8 General of the Department of the Treasury shall
9 conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis-
10 bursement, and use of funds made available under
11 this section.
12 ‘‘(2) RECOUPMENT.—If the Inspector General
13 of the Department of the Treasury determines that
14 an eligible grantee has failed to comply with sub-
15 section (d), the amount equal to the amount of
16 funds used in violation of such subsection shall be
17 booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal
18 Government. Amounts recovered under this sub-
19 section shall be deposited into the general fund of
20 the Treasury.
21 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in
22 the Treasury of the United States not otherwise ap-
23 propriated, there are appropriated to the Office of
24 the Inspector General of the Department of the
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25 Treasury, $6,500,000 to carry out oversight and
26 recoupment activities under this subsection.
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1 Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence
2 shall remain available until expended.
3 ‘‘(4) AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
4 Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to di-
5 minish the authority of any Inspector General, in-
6 cluding such authority as provided in the Inspector
7 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’.
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