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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8009 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a Government Spending 

Oversight Committee within the Council of the Inspectors General on 

Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2024 

Mr. RASKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a Government Spending Oversight Committee within the Council 

of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Spending 

5 Oversight Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT SPENDING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 424 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(f) GOVERNMENT SPENDING OVERSIGHT COM6 MITTEE.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.— In this subsection: 

8 ‘‘(A) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 

9 meaning given the term in section 551. 

10 ‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM11 MITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional 

12 committees’ means— 

13 ‘‘(i) the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the Senate and the House of Rep15 resentatives; 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Homeland Se17 curity and Governmental Affairs of the 

18 Senate; 

19 ‘‘(iii) the Committee on Oversight and 

20 Accountability of the House of Representa21 tives; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) any other relevant congressional 

23 committee of jurisdiction. 

24 ‘‘(C) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘Chair25 person’ means the Chairperson of the Com26 mittee. 


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1 ‘‘(D) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘Committee’ 

2 means the Government Spending Oversight 

3 Committee established under paragraph (2). 

4 ‘‘(E) COVERED FUNDS.—The term ‘cov5 ered funds’ means any funds, including loans, 

6 that are made available in any form to any non7 Federal entity or individual, under— 

8 ‘‘(i) the CARES Act (Public Law 

9 116–136); 

10 ‘‘(ii) the Coronavirus Preparedness 

11 and Response Supplemental Appropria12 tions Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123); 

13 ‘‘(iii) the Families First Coronavirus 

14 Response Act (Public Law 116–127); 

15 ‘‘(iv) the Paycheck Protection Pro16 gram and Health Care Enhancement Act 

17 (Public Law 116–139); 

18 ‘‘(v) division M or N of the Consoli19 dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 

20 Law 116–260); 

21 ‘‘(vi) the American Rescue Plan Act 

22 of 2021 (Public Law 117–2); 

23 ‘‘(vii) any loan guaranteed or made by 

24 the Small Business Administration, includ25 ing any direct loan or guarantee of a trust 


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1 certificate, under the Small Business Act 

2 (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), the Small Busi3 ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 

4 661 et seq.), or any other provision of law; 

5 ‘‘(viii) unemployment compensation 

6 (as defined in section 85 of the Internal 

7 Revenue Code of 1986); 

8 ‘‘(ix) the Infrastructure Investment 

9 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); 

10 ‘‘(x) the Inflation Reduction Act 

11 (Public Law 117–169); 

12 ‘‘(xi) the Honoring our PACT Act of 

13 2022 (Public Law 117–168); or 

14 ‘‘(xii) the Act entitled ‘Making appro15 priations for Legislative Branch for the fis16 cal year ending September 30, 2022, and 

17 for other purposes’, enacted December 22, 

18 2023 (commonly referred to as the CHIPS 

19 and Science Act of 2022; Public Law 117– 

20 167). 

21 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

22 within the Council the Government Spending Over23 sight Committee to promote transparency and con24 duct and support oversight of covered funds to— 


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1 ‘‘(A) prevent and detect fraud, waste, 

2 abuse, and mismanagement; and 

3 ‘‘(B) mitigate major risks that cut across 

4 program and agency boundaries. 

5 ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 

6 Committee— 

7 ‘‘(A) shall be selected by the Chairperson 

8 of the Council from among Inspectors General 

9 appointed by the President and confirmed by 

10 the Senate; and 

11 ‘‘(B) should have with experience man12 aging oversight of large organizations and ex13 penditures. 

14 ‘‘(4) MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the 

16 Committee shall include— 

17 ‘‘(i) the Chairperson; 

18 ‘‘(ii) the Inspector General of the De19 partment of Labor; 

20 ‘‘(iii) the Inspector General of the De21 partment of Health and Human Services; 

22 ‘‘(iv) the Inspector General of the 

23 Small Business Administration; 

24 ‘‘(v) the Inspector General of the De25 partment of the Treasury; 


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1 ‘‘(vi) the Inspector General of the De2 partment of Transportation; 

3 ‘‘(vii) the Treasury Inspector General 

4 for Tax Administration; 

5 ‘‘(viii) the Inspector General of the 

6 Department of Veterans Affairs; 

7 ‘‘(ix) the Inspector General of the De8 partment of Commerce; 

9 ‘‘(x) the Inspector General of the De10 partment of Justice; 

11 ‘‘(xi) the Inspector General of the De12 partment of Defense; 

13 ‘‘(xii) the Inspector General of the 

14 Department of Education; 

15 ‘‘(xiii) the Inspector General of the 

16 Department of Homeland Security; and 

17 ‘‘(xiv) any Inspector General, as the 

18 Chairperson determines appropriate, of a 

19 designated Federal entity that expends or 

20 obligates covered funds. 

21 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL COM22 PENSATION.—Members of the Committee may 

23 not receive additional compensation for services 

24 performed as members of the Committee. 

25 ‘‘(5) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an Ex2 ecutive Director of the Committee. 

3 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS.— 

4 The Executive Director of the Committee 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) be appointed by the Chairperson, 

7 in consultation with the majority leader of 

8 the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 

9 Representatives, the minority leader of the 

10 Senate, and the minority leader of the 

11 House of Representatives; 

12 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated ability in ac13 counting, auditing, financial analysis, law, 

14 management analysis, public administra15 tion, or investigations; 

16 ‘‘(iii) have experience managing over17 sight of large organizations and expendi18 tures; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) be a full-time employee of the 

20 Committee. 

21 ‘‘(C) DUTIES.—The Executive Director of 

22 the Committee shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) report directly to the Chair24 person; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) appoint staff of the Committee, 

2 subject to the approval of the Chairperson; 

3 ‘‘(iii) supervise and coordinate the 

4 functions and staff of the Committee; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) perform any other duties as6 signed to the Executive Director by the 

7 Committee. 

8 ‘‘(6) DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 

9 ‘‘(A) GENERAL FUNCTIONS.—In addition 

10 to the duties of the Committee described under 

11 paragraph (2), the Committee, in coordination 

12 with the Inspector General involved, may— 

13 ‘‘(i) provide support to, and collabo14 rate with, such Inspector General in con15 ducting investigations, audits, and reviews 

16 relating to covered funds, including 

17 through— 

18 ‘‘(I) data analytics; 

19 ‘‘(II) the sharing of data, tools, 

20 and services; 

21 ‘‘(III) the development and en22 hancement of data practices, analysis, 

23 and visualization; and 


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1 ‘‘(IV) any other appropriate 

2 means as determined by the Com3 mittee; 

4 ‘‘(ii) provide analytical products to 

5 agencies, in coordination with the Inspec6 tor General involved, to promote program 

7 integrity, prevent improper payments, and 

8 facilitate verification efforts to ensure 

9 proper expenditure and utilization of cov10 ered funds; 

11 ‘‘(iii) review the economy, efficiency, 

12 and effectiveness in the administration of, 

13 and the detection of fraud, waste, abuse, 

14 and mismanagement in, programs and op15 erations using covered funds; 

16 ‘‘(iv) review whether there are appro17 priate mechanisms for interagency collabo18 ration relating to the oversight of covered 

19 funds, including coordinating and collabo20 rating to the extent practicable with State 

21 and local government entities; and 

22 ‘‘(v) expeditiously report to the Attor23 ney General any instance in which the 

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1 lieve there has been a violation of Federal 

2 criminal law. 

3 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.—The Com4 mittee may provide investigative support to any 

5 prosecutorial and enforcement authority to pro6 tect program integrity and prevent, detect, and 

7 prosecute fraud of covered funds. 

8 ‘‘(C) REPORTING.— 

9 ‘‘(i) ALERTS.—The Committee shall 

10 submit to the President and Congress, in11 cluding the appropriate congressional com12 mittees, management alerts on potential 

13 management, risk, and funding problems 

14 that require immediate attention. 

15 ‘‘(ii) REPORTS AND UPDATES.—The 

16 Committee shall submit to Congress such 

17 reports or provide such periodic updates on 

18 the work of the Committee as the Com19 mittee considers appropriate on the use of 

20 covered funds. 

21 ‘‘(iii) BIANNUAL REPORTS.—The 

22 Committee shall submit biannual reports 

23 to the President and Congress, including 

24 the appropriate congressional committees, 

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1 propriate to Congress, that summarize the 

2 findings of the Committee and include rec3 ommendations for additional funds that 

4 should be included under the definition of 

5 covered funds for the purposes of this sub6 section. 

7 ‘‘(iv) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—All re8 ports submitted under this subparagraph 

9 shall be made publicly available and posted 

10 on the website established under paragraph 

11 (16). 

12 ‘‘(v) REDACTIONS.—Any portion of a 

13 report submitted under this paragraph 

14 may be redacted when made publicly avail15 able, if that portion would disclose infor16 mation that is not subject to disclosure 

17 under sections 552 and 552a, or is other18 wise prohibited from disclosure by law. 

19 ‘‘(D) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Committee 

21 shall make recommendations to the heads 

22 of agencies on measures to prevent or ad23 dress fraud, waste, abuse and mismanage24 ment of covered funds, and to mitigate 


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1 risks that cut across programs and agency 

2 boundaries, relating to covered funds. 

3 ‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than 30 

4 days after receipt of a recommendation 

5 under clause (i), the head of an agency 

6 shall submit a report to the President and 

7 the appropriate congressional committees 

8 on— 

9 ‘‘(I) whether the head of the 

10 agency agrees or disagrees with the 

11 recommendations; and 

12 ‘‘(II) any actions the head of the 

13 agency will take to implement the rec14 ommendations. 

15 ‘‘(E) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN GAO– 

16 IG ACT REPORT.—The head of each agency 

17 shall include in each annual budget justification 

18 required under section 2(b) of the GAO–IG Act 

19 (31 U.S.C. 1105 note; Public Law 115–414) a 

20 report listing each action the head of an agency 

21 took to implement a recommendation under 

22 subparagraph (D)(ii)(II) in 1-year period pre23 ceding the date on which the annual budget jus24 tification is submitted. 

25 ‘‘(7) AUTHORITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

2 duties and functions under this subsection with 

3 respect to conducting or supporting the over4 sight of covered funds, the Committee shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) comply with standards established 

6 by the Comptroller General of the United 

7 States for audits of Federal establish8 ments, organizations, programs, activities, 

9 and functions; 

10 ‘‘(ii) establish guidelines for deter11 mining when it shall be appropriate to use 

12 non-Federal auditors; 

13 ‘‘(iii) take appropriate steps to ensure 

14 that any work performed by non-Federal 

15 auditors complies with the standards estab16 lished by the Comptroller General as de17 scribed in clause (i); and 

18 ‘‘(iv) in coordination with the Inspec19 tor General involved, have the authorities 

20 provided under and be subject to para21 graphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) 

22 and subsections (h), (j), and (k) of section 

23 406, subject to the limitations under sub24 paragraph (B). 


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1 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON SUBPOENA AUTHOR2 ITY.— 

3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to 

4 exercising subpoena authority under sec5 tion 406(a)(4), the following limitations 

6 shall apply to the Committee: 

7 ‘‘(I) Any subpoena issued under 

8 this subsection shall be signed by the 

9 Chairperson, and this power is non10 delegable. 

11 ‘‘(II) On a quarterly basis, the 

12 Committee shall notify the Committee 

13 on Homeland Security and Govern14 mental Affairs of the Senate and the 

15 Committee on Oversight and Account16 ability of the House of Representa17 tives of any subpoenas issued during 

18 the preceding quarter. 

19 ‘‘(III) The authority to issue a 

20 subpoena under this subsection shall 

21 terminate on the date that is 5 years 

22 after the date of enactment of this 

23 subsection. 

24 ‘‘(ii) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Any sub25 poena issued under this subsection prior to 


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1 the date in clause (i)(III) shall remain 

2 valid and enforceable after such date. 

3 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 552 AND

4 552A.— 

5 ‘‘(i) ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED CIVIL

6 OR CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI7 TIES UNDER SECTION 552A.—An activity 

8 carried out by the Committee shall be con9 sidered a civil or criminal law enforcement 

10 activity for the purposes of section 

11 552a(b)(7). 

12 ‘‘(ii) PRINCIPLE FUNCTION OF COM13 MITTEE.—The Committee shall be consid14 ered to be a component which performs as 

15 its principal function an activity pertaining 

16 to the enforcement of criminal laws for the 

17 purposes of sections 552 and 552a. 

18 ‘‘(iii) RECORDS OF THE COM19 MITTEE.—Thee records of the Committee 

20 may be considered as constituting inves21 tigatory material compiled for law enforce22 ment purposes for the purposes of sections 

23 552 and 552a. 

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1 quested by the Committee or an Inspector General 

2 is unreasonably refused or not provided by an indi3 vidual or entity, the Committee shall immediately re4 port the circumstances to the appropriate congres5 sional committees. 

6 ‘‘(9) USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RE7 SOURCES.—The Committee shall leverage the infor8 mation technology resources of the Council, such as 

9 oversight.gov and those developed by the Pandemic 

10 Response Accountability Committee established 

11 under section 15010 of the CARES Act (Public Law 

12 116–136; 135 Stat. 533), to carry out the duties of 

13 the Committee. 

14 ‘‘(10) CONTRACTS.—The Committee may enter 

15 into contracts to enable the Committee to discharge 

16 its duties, including contracts and other arrange17 ments for audits, studies, analyses, and other serv18 ices with public agencies and with private persons, 

19 and make such payments as may be necessary to 

20 carry out the duties of the Committee. 

21 ‘‘(11) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Committee may 

22 establish subcommittees to facilitate the ability of 

23 the Committee to discharge its duties. 


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1 ‘‘(12) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, ASSETS, AND OB2 LIGATIONS.—The Committee may transfer funds ap3 propriated to the Committee— 

4 ‘‘(A) for expenses to support administra5 tive support services and audits, reviews, or 

6 other activities related to oversight by the Com7 mittee of covered funds to any Office of the In8 spector General or the General Services Admin9 istration; and 

10 ‘‘(B) to reimburse the Council for the use 

11 of the resources described under paragraph 

12 (10). 

13 ‘‘(13) ADDITIONAL STAFF.— 

14 ‘‘(A) GENERAL HIRING AUTHORITY.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub16 paragraph (B), the Committee may exer17 cise the authorities of subsections (b) 

18 through (i) of section 3161 (without regard 

19 to subsection (a) of that section) to meet 

20 temporary or urgent needs of the Com21 mittee under this subsection, as certified 

22 by the Chairperson to the appropriate con23 gressional committees that such temporary 

24 or urgent needs exist, as if the Committee 

25 were a temporary organization. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) HEAD OF ORGANIZATION.—For 

2 purposes of exercising the authorities de3 scribed in subparagraph (A), the term 

4 ‘Chairperson’ shall be substituted for the 

5 term ‘head of a temporary organization’. 

6 ‘‘(iii) CONSULTATION.—In exercising 

7 the authorities described in subparagraph 

8 (A), the Chairperson shall consult with 

9 members of the Committee. 

10 ‘‘(iv) ADDITIONAL DETAILEES.—In 

11 addition to the authority provided by sec12 tion 3161(c), upon the request of an In13 spector General, the Committee may detail, 

14 on a nonreimbursable basis, any personnel 

15 of the Committee to that Inspector General 

16 to assist in carrying out any audit, review, 

17 or investigation pertaining to the oversight 

18 of covered funds. 

19 ‘‘(v) LIMITATIONS.—In exercising the 

20 employment authorities under section 

21 3161(b), as provided under subparagraph 

22 (A) of this paragraph section 3161(b)(2) 

23 (relating to periods of appointments) shall 

24 not apply. 


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1 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—A person 

2 employed by the Committee shall acquire com3 petitive status and may be appointed to any po4 sition in the competitive service for which the 

5 employee possesses the required qualifications 

6 upon the completion of 2 years of continuous 

7 service as an employee pursuant to this sub8 section. 

9 ‘‘(C) ANNUITANTS.— 

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Committee 

11 may employ annuitants covered by section 

12 9902(g) for purposes of the oversight of 

13 covered funds. 

14 ‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF ANNUITANTS.— 

15 The employment of annuitants under this 

16 paragraph shall be subject to the provi17 sions of section 9902(g), as if the Com18 mittee was the Department of Defense. 

19 ‘‘(14) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) REQUESTS.—Upon request of the 

21 Committee for information or assistance from 

22 the head of any agency or other entity of the 

23 Federal Government pursuant to the authorities 

24 provided under section 406(a)(1), the head of 

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1 ticable and not in contravention of any other 

2 Federal law, furnish such information or assist3 ance to the Committee, or an authorized des4 ignee thereof, including an Inspector General 

5 designated by the Chairperson. 

6 ‘‘(B) INSPECTORS GENERAL.—Any Inspec7 tor General responsible for conducting oversight 

8 related to any covered funds shall, consistent 

9 with the duties, responsibilities, policies, and 

10 procedures of the Inspector General, provide in11 formation requested by the Committee or an In12 spector General on the Committee relating to 

13 the responsibilities of the Committee. 

14 ‘‘(15) WEBSITE.—Not later than 30 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Com16 mittee shall, to foster greater accountability and 

17 transparency in the use of covered funds, establish 

18 and maintain a user-friendly, public-facing website 

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(A) has a uniform resource locator that is 

21 descriptive and memorable; and 

22 ‘‘(B) shall serve as a portal or gateway to 

23 key information relating to the oversight of cov24 ered funds and provide connections to other 

25 Government websites with related information. 


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1 ‘‘(16) COORDINATION.—The Committee shall 

2 coordinate its oversight activities with respect to cov3 ered funds with the Comptroller General of the 

4 United States and State auditors as applicable. 

5 ‘‘(17) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

6 this subsection may be construed to— 

7 ‘‘(A) affect any independent authority of 

8 an Inspector General to determine whether to 

9 conduct an audit or investigation of covered 

10 funds separate from the authority provided to 

11 the Committee under this subsection; or 

12 ‘‘(B) authorize the Council or any Inspec13 tor General to transfer funds to the Committee 

14 for the purpose of supporting the activities of 

15 the Committee.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the amend17 ments made by this section, shall take effect on September 

18 30, 2025. 

19 SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF ASSETS FROM THE PANDEMIC RE20 SPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE TO 

21 THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING OVERSIGHT 

22 COMMITTEE. 

23 (a) TRANSFER.—Not later than 30 days before the 

24 effective date described under section 2(b), the assets held 

25 by or available in connection with the Pandemic Response 


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1 Accountability Committee established under 15010 of the 

2 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 135 Stat. 540) shall 

3 be transferred to the Government Spending Oversight 

4 Committee. 

5 (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATED TO TRANSFER

6 OF CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS.— 

7 (1) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Any contract or 

8 agreement of the Pandemic Response Accountability 

9 Committee that is in effect on the date on which the 

10 contract or agreement is transferred pursuant to 

11 paragraph (1) (or that becomes effective after such 

12 date pursuant to their terms as in effect on such 

13 date) shall continue in effect according to their 

14 terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set 

15 aside, or revoked in accordance with the law by the 

16 Government Spending Oversight Committee, any au17 thorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or 

18 operation of law. 

19 (2) REFERENCES.—After the date on which a 

20 contract or agreement is transferred pursuant to 

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1 countability Committee is deemed to refer to the 

2 head of the Government Spending Oversight Com3 mittee. 

4 (c) ASSETS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘as5 sets’’ includes contracts, agreements, facilities, property, 

6 data, records, obligated appropriations, unobligated or un7 expended balances of appropriations, any information 

8 technology resources developed by the Pandemic Response 

9 Accountability Committee established under section 15010 

10 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 135 Stat. 533), 

11 and other funds or resources (other than personnel). 

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