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DARRELL E. !$SA. CAlIFORNIA
RANKING MlNORIlY MEMBER
Dear Chairman Genachowski:
The Honorable Julius Genachowski
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
PAUL E. KANJOASKl. PENNSYLVANIA
CAAOLYN B. MALONEY. NEW YOAK
EUJAH E. CUMMNGS, MARYLAND
DENNIS J. KUClNICH. OHIO
JOHN F. TIERNEY. MASSACHUSETTS
WM. LACY CLAY, MISSOUR1
ClANE E. WATSON. CAUFORNlA
STEPtiEN F. LYNCH. MASSACHUSETTS
JIM COOPEA, TENNESS!!
GERRY E. CONNOLLY. VIRGINIA
MIKE OUIGLEY, ILUNOIS
MAIICY KAPTUR. OHIO
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
PATRICK J. KENNEDY. RHODE ISLANe
CANNY K. DAVIS, ILUNa'S
CHRIS VNol HOLLEN. MARYLAND
HENRY CUELLAR. TEXAS
PAUL W. HOOeS. NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHRISTOPHER S. MUFlPHY. CONNECTICUT
PETER WELCH. VERMONT
BILL FOSTEFL UINOIS
JACKIE SPEIER. CAUFOANIA
STEVE OAIEHAUS. OHIO
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On February 17,2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act ("Recovery Act") into law. This law allocates nearly $800 billion to
programs designed to put Americans to work and stimulate the economy. A sizable
portion ofthis money has been allocated to the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission.
Section 1512 ofthe Recovery Act requires recipients ofrecovery funds from
federal agencies to submit a report not later than 10 days after the end ofeach calendar
quarter that includes the following:
(l) the total amount ofrecovery funds received from that agency;
(2) the amount ofrecovery funds received that were expended or obligated to
projects or activities; and
(3) a detailed list ofall projects or activities for which
recovery funds were expended or obligated, including-
(A) the name ofthe project or activity;
(B) a description ofthe project or activity;
(C) an evall.lation ofthe completion status ofthe project or activity;
(D) an estimate ofthe number ofjobs created and the number ofjobs
retained by the project or activity; and
(E) for infrastructure investments made by State and local governments,
the purpose, total cost, and rationale ofthe agency for funding the
infrastructure investment with funds made available under this Act, and
name ofthe person to contact at the agency ifthere are concerns with the
infrastructure investment.
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37 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 Pub. L. No. 111-5, § 1512, (2009).
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On Thursday, November 20, 2009, the White House held a conference call on the
Recovery Act recipient reporting process during which Mr. Ed DeSeve, Senior Advisor
to the President for Recovery Act Implementation, said the following:
Each agency has a contract or a grant agreement or a loan agreement with
recipients. Under the Terms and Conditions ... ofthose contracts, failure to
report or inaccurate reporting carries with it various kinds ofpenalties. Those
penalties will vary depending on whether it's a contract, a grant agreement or a
loan agreement and which agency has executed that agreement. Agencies have
already begun and will continue to notify people who are non-filers, people who
did not file their reports, that they are subject to the penalties in those terms and
conditions.
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In order to facilitate the Committee's oversight ofthe implementation ofthe
Recovery Act, please provide the following information:
1. The language used in the Terms and Conditions for each Recovery Act 
funded contracts, grants, and loan agreement related to failure to report or
inaccurate reporting under Section 1512 ofthe Recovery Act;
2. A list ofRecovery Act awardees from the Department ofTransportation that
did not file or have been found to have filed inaccurately under award
agreements related to Section 1512 ofthe Recovery Act;
3. A list ofawardees that the Department ofTransportation has already
contacted or plans to contact regarding a lack offiling or inaccurate filing
under award agreements related to Section 1512 ofthe Recovery Act.
Please submit the requested information no later than December 4,2009. Thank
you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter. Ifyou require assistance or
would like to discuss this request, please feel free to contact at any time Jennifer
Safavian, ChiefCounsel for Oversight and Investigations, or Mark Marin, Professional
StaffMember, at (202) 225-5074.
Ranking Member
cc: The Honorable Edolphus Towns, Chainnan
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