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Inspectors general ask Congress for help in monitoring coronavirus relief payments
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| Contributor | WA Indy |
| Last Edited | WA Indy Jun 16, 2020 05:11pm |
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| Author | Kyle Cheney and Zachary Warmbrodt |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Federal watchdogs are asking lawmakers for help after Trump administration legal rulings appeared to sharply limit their ability to monitor more than $1 trillion in coronavirus relief programs — including huge payouts to protect businesses threatened by the pandemic.
In a two-page letter to several House and Senate committees last week, but disclosed for the first time on Monday, the inspectors general responsible for coronavirus relief oversight said an “ambiguity” in the main coronavirus response law — the CARES Act — allowed administration officials to sharply limit how much of the law’s spending requirements they must collect and report. This narrow interpretation of the law, the inspectors general warn, would dramatically impede their ability to gather information about some of the most expansive programs in the law, from the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program to the $454 billion Treasury fund to protect businesses and industries damaged by the outbreak.
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