Sec. 3. GAO study and report
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The Comptroller General of the United States (in this section referred to as the Comptroller General ) shall conduct a study on unemployment insurance fraud with respect to COVID–19 unemployment insurance benefits (as defined in section 2(e)). Such study shall include an analysis of— how the amounts appropriated under section 2118 of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9034 ), as added by section 9032 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–2 ), are being utilized by States to— detect and prevent fraud in any such program; and recover any fraudulent payment of COVID–19 unemployment insurance benefits; any reason that such appropriated amounts were not used by States to detect and prevent such fraud and to recover such fraudulent payments; whether such appropriated amounts were successful in helping States to detect and prevent such fraud and to recover such fraudulent payments; and any other area determined appropriate by the Comptroller General.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.
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