A bill to provide for an investigation and audit at the Department of Education.

Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct a fraud audit of selected accounts at the Department of Education that the Comptroller General determines to be particularly susceptible to waste, fraud, and abuse; and (2) report its results to specified congressional committees.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2829 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2829

    To provide for an investigation and audit at the Department of 
                               Education.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2000

  Mr. Hutchinson (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Gregg, Mr. 
 Gorton, Mr. Coverdell, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for an investigation and audit at the Department of 
                               Education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INVESTIGATION AND AUDIT.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall--
            (1) conduct and complete an investigation for fraud at the 
        Department of Education, including an audit of any financial 
        statements, with respect to accounts at the Department of 
        Education that the Comptroller General determines particularly 
        susceptible to waste, fraud, or abuse; and
            (2) submit a report setting forth the results of the 
        investigation and audit to the Committee on Education and the 
        Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
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