Oversight

(a) Report Not later than 1 year after a State receives a grant under this title, and on an annual basis thereafter, the State shall submit to the Secretary, and make publicly available, a report on— (1) how the State has used the grant funds; and (2) the number of individuals in the State that have used paid leave benefits as a result of the grant program described in section 102. (b) Annual report The Secretary shall, on an annual basis beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date the Secretary receives the first report under subsection (a), submit a report to the appropriate committees on the progress of States establishing paid leave programs, the modification of existing paid leave programs, and any changes in the levels of access workers have to paid leave benefits in each State that receives a grant under section 102. (c) Audit required Not later than 1 year after a State receives a grant under section 102, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor shall conduct audits on States that received such a grant to determine whether such States— (1) are using the grant funds in compliance with the requirements described in section 102(e); and (2) are engaging in any waste, fraud, or abuse. (d) Appropriate committees defined In this section, the term appropriate committees means— (1) the Committee on Education and Workforce, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.