Bill — S. 1446, Congressional Oversight of Coronavirus Pandemic Funding for Veterans Affairs
Summary
S. 1446 is a bill introduced in the Senate on April 29, 2021 by Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Tester) and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Its stated purpose is to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Section 1 requires the Secretary to submit a detailed plan, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment, to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Covered funds are those made available to the Department pursuant to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used
- Issuer
- Congressional materials
- Document type
- Bills Bills 117S1446Is Bills 117S1446Is
- Case
- Bills Bills 117S1446Is Bills 117S1446Is
Cite this document
“Bill — S. 1446, Congressional Oversight of Coronavirus Pandemic Funding for Veterans Affairs.”
Original at www.govinfo.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/bills-bills-117s1446is-bills-117s1446is/
, SHA-256 e277690adc6bd9fc0ce0a11c1c7e5dba2ae9829ea5f305d4dcc38e62554b2261.Full text
II
117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1446
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan
for obligating and expending Coronavirus pandemic funding made avail-
able to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 29, 2021
Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to
Congress a plan for obligating and expending
Coronavirus pandemic funding made available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, 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. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF
4 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC FUNDING MADE
5 AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
6 AFFAIRS.
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
7 (a) PLAN AND EXPENDITURES BY SECRETARY.—
VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 May 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1446.IS S1446
2
1 (1) PLAN.—Not later than 30 days after the
2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
3 Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on
4 Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
5 on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives
6 a detailed plan for obligating and expending covered
7 funds, including a detailed justification for each type
8 of obligation of such funds.
9 (2) BIWEEKLY REPORTS.—Not less frequently
10 than once every 14 days during the period beginning
11 on the date on which the plan under paragraph (1)
12 is submitted and ending seven days after the date on
13 which the Secretary has expended all covered funds,
14 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Vet-
15 erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
16 Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a
17 report detailing the obligation and expenditure of,
18 and the planned use for, such funds during the pe-
19 riod covered by the report, including a written jus-
20 tification for any deviation in such obligations, ex-
21 penditures, or planned uses from such plan.
22 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITS.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days
24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
25 semiannually thereafter for three years or until the
•S 1446 IS
VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 May 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1446.IS S1446
3
1 Secretary has expended all covered funds, whichever
2 occurs first, the Inspector General of the Depart-
3 ment of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Com-
4 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the
5 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of
6 Representatives a report examining the obligations
7 and expenditures made using covered funds during
8 the period covered by the report.
9 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under
10 paragraph (1) shall include the following:
11 (A) A comparison of how the funds are
12 being obligated and expended to how the funds
13 were planned to be obligated and expended in
14 the plan under subsection (a)(1).
15 (B) Areas of waste, fraud, and abuse, if
16 any.
17 (C) Such other matters as the Inspector
18 General considers appropriate.
19 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS.—
20 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than Sep-
21 tember 30, 2022, the Comptroller General of the
22 United States shall submit to the Committee on Vet-
23 erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
24 Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
•S 1446 IS
VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 May 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1446.IS S1446
4
1 report containing a review of obligations and expend-
2 itures made using covered funds.
3 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under
4 paragraph (1) shall include the following:
5 (A) A review of the process of the Depart-
6 ment of Veterans Affairs for preparing the re-
7 quest for funds.
8 (B) An explanation of how the expenditure
9 of such funds met the goals of the Department
10 during the public health emergency for which
11 the funds were made available.
12 (C) Any recommendations to improve the
13 process of identifying needs and expending
14 funds during similar situations in the future.
15 (D) A review of the plans of the Depart-
16 ment to continue programs or investments that
17 were begun with such funds but will continue
18 after such funds are expended.
19 (3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than September
20 30, 2024, the Comptroller General shall submit to
21 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate
22 and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the
23 House of Representatives a final report on the mat-
24 ters specified under paragraph (2).
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
•S 1446 IS
VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 May 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1446.IS S1446
5
1 (d) COVERED FUNDS DEFINED.—In this section, the
2 term ‘‘covered funds’’ means funds that are made avail-
3 able to the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to—
4 (1) the Families First Coronavirus Response
5 Act (Public Law 116–127);
6 (2) the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
7 Security Act (Public Law 116–136); or
8 (3) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
9 (Public Law 117–2).
Æ
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS
•S 1446 IS
VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:48 May 22, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1446.IS S1446
File and source
- File
- BILLS_bills-117s1446is_bills-117s1446is.pdf
- Size
- 233,861 bytes
- SHA-256
- e277690adc6bd9fc0ce0a11c1c7e5dba2ae9829ea5f305d4dcc38e62554b2261
- Original
- www.govinfo.gov