118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7326 

AN ACT 

To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States 

Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and 

to correct related technical errors. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purpose; effect on existing law. 

Sec. 3. Amendments to chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code. 

Sec. 4. Conforming amendments. 

Sec. 5. Transitional and savings provisions. 

3 SEC. 2. PURPOSE; EFFECT ON EXISTING LAW. 

4 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to amend 

5 chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, 

6 as necessary— 

7 (1) to keep those chapters current by incor8 porating laws enacted after October 19, 2021, that 

9 are deemed to amend or repeal provisions of those 

10 chapters pursuant to section 5 of Public Law 117– 

11 286 (136 Stat. 4360); and 

12 (2) to correct related technical errors. 

13 (b) EFFECT ON EXISTING LAW.—The amendments 

14 made by this Act do not change the meaning or effect of 

15 the existing law. The amendments only incorporate laws 

16 as described in subsection (a) to reflect existing law in 

17 chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, 

18 and correct related technical errors. 

19 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS 4, 10, AND 131 OF 

20 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

21 (a) CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES

22 CODE.— 

23 (1) SECTION 401.— 
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1 (A) Section 401 of title 5, United States 

2 Code, is amended— 

3 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (1), 

4 (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), 

5 (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and 

6 (ii) by inserting before paragraph (2), 

7 as redesignated, the following new para8 graph (1): 

9 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 

13 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

14 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Oversight and Ac15 countability of the House of Representatives; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(C) any other relevant congressional com18 mittee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.’’. 

19 (B) Section 401(5) of title 5, United 

20 States Code, as redesignated by subparagraph 

21 (A), is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(5) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Except as other23 wise expressly provided, the term ‘Inspector General’ 

24 means the Inspector General of an establishment.’’. 

25 (2) SECTION 403.— 
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1 (A) Section 403(b) of title 5, United States 

2 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(b) REMOVAL OR TRANSFER.— 

4 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT; WRITTEN

5 COMMUNICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An Inspector General 

7 may be removed from office by the President. 

8 If an Inspector General is removed from office 

9 or is transferred to another position or location 

10 within an establishment, the President shall 

11 communicate in writing the substantive ration12 ale, including detailed and case-specific reasons, 

13 for any such removal or transfer to both 

14 Houses of Congress (including to the appro15 priate congressional committees), not later than 

16 30 days before the removal or transfer. Nothing 

17 in this subsection shall prohibit a personnel ac18 tion otherwise authorized by law, other than 

19 transfer or removal. 

20 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN COMMUNICATION REQUIRE21 MENTS IN CASE OF OPEN OR COMPLETED IN22 QUIRY.—If there is an open or completed in23 quiry into an Inspector General that relates to 

24 the removal or transfer of the Inspector General 

25 under subparagraph (A), the written commu-
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1 nication required under that subparagraph 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) identify each entity that is con4 ducting, or that conducted, the inquiry; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed in7 quiry, contain the findings made during 

8 the inquiry. 

9 ‘‘(2) PLACEMENT ON NON-DUTY STATUS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF INSPECTOR GEN11 ERAL; CERTAIN REFERENCES.—In this para12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(i) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term 

14 ‘Inspector General’— 

15 ‘‘(I) means an Inspector General 

16 who was appointed by the President, 

17 without regard to whether the Senate 

18 provided advice and consent with re19 spect to that appointment; and 

20 ‘‘(II) includes the Inspector Gen21 eral of an establishment, the Special 

22 Inspector General for Afghanistan Re23 construction, the Special Inspector 

24 General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
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1 Program, and the Special Inspector 

2 General for Pandemic Recovery. 

3 ‘‘(ii) CERTAIN REFERENCES RELAT4 ING TO REMOVAL OR TRANSFER.—A ref5 erence to the removal or transfer of an In6 spector General under paragraph (1), or to 

7 the written communication described in 

8 that paragraph, shall be considered to be— 

9 ‘‘(I) in the case of the Special In10 spector General for Afghanistan Re11 construction, a reference to section 

12 1229(c)(6) of the National Defense 

13 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2008 (Public Law 110–181, 5 U.S.C. 

15 415 note); 

16 ‘‘(II) in the case of the Special 

17 Inspector General for the Troubled 

18 Asset Relief Program, a reference to 

19 section 121(b)(4) of the Emergency 

20 Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 

21 (12 U.S.C. 5231(b)(4)); and 

22 ‘‘(III) in the case of the Special 

23 Inspector General for Pandemic Re24 covery, a reference to section 

25 4018(b)(3) of the Coronavirus Eco-
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1 nomic Stabilization Act of 2020 (15 

2 U.S.C. 9053(b)(3)). 

3 ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT.—Subject 

4 to the other provisions of this paragraph, only 

5 the President may place an Inspector General 

6 on non-duty status. 

7 ‘‘(C) WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.—If the 

8 President places an Inspector General on non9 duty status, the President shall communicate in 

10 writing the substantive rationale, including de11 tailed and case-specific reasons, for the change 

12 in status to both Houses of Congress (including 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees) 

14 not later than 15 days before the date on which 

15 the change in status takes effect, except that 

16 the President may submit that communication 

17 not later than the date on which the change in 

18 status takes effect if— 

19 ‘‘(i) the President has made a deter20 mination that the continued presence of 

21 the Inspector General in the workplace 

22 poses a threat described in any of clauses 

23 (i) through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) 

24 of this title; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) in the communication, the Presi2 dent includes a report on the determina3 tion described in clause (i), which shall in4 clude— 

5 ‘‘(I) a specification of which 

6 clause of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of 

7 this title the President has determined 

8 applies under clause (i) of this sub9 paragraph; 

10 ‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, 

11 including detailed and case-specific 

12 reasons, for the determination made 

13 under clause (i); 

14 ‘‘(III) an identification of each 

15 entity that is conducting, or that con16 ducted, any inquiry upon which the 

17 determination under clause (i) was 

18 made; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry 

20 described in subclause (III) that is 

21 completed, the findings made during 

22 that inquiry. 

23 ‘‘(D) PLACING INSPECTOR GENERAL ON

24 NON-DUTY STATUS DURING SPECIFIED PERIOD

25 BEFORE REMOVAL OR TRANSFER.—The Presi-
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1 dent may not place an Inspector General on 

2 non-duty status during the 30-day period pre3 ceding the date on which the Inspector General 

4 is removed or transferred under paragraph 

5 (1)(A) unless the President— 

6 ‘‘(i) has made a determination that 

7 the continued presence of the Inspector 

8 General in the workplace poses a threat 

9 described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) 

10 of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of this title; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which 

12 the change in status takes effect, submits 

13 to both Houses of Congress (including to 

14 the appropriate congressional committees) 

15 a written communication that contains the 

16 information required under subparagraph 

17 (C), including the report required under 

18 clause (ii) of that subparagraph.’’. 

19 (B) Section 403(d)(1)(C) of title 5, United 

20 States Code, is amended— 

21 (i) in clause (i), in the matter before 

22 subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘, including em23 ployees of that Office of Inspector Gen24 eral’’ after ‘‘employees’’; and 
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1 (ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘(in2 cluding the Integrity Committee of that 

3 Council)’’ after ‘‘and Efficiency’’. 

4 (C) Section 403 of title 5, United States 

5 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(h) VACANCY IN POSITION OF INSPECTOR GEN8 ERAL.— 

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

10 ‘‘(A) FIRST ASSISTANT TO THE POSITION

11 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘first as12 sistant to the position of Inspector General’ 

13 means, with respect to an Office of Inspector 

14 General— 

15 ‘‘(i) an individual who, as of the day 

16 before the date on which the Inspector 

17 General dies, resigns, or otherwise becomes 

18 unable to perform the functions and duties 

19 of that position— 

20 ‘‘(I) is serving in a position in 

21 that Office; and 

22 ‘‘(II) has been designated in writ23 ing by the Inspector General, through 

24 an order of succession or otherwise, as 
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1 the first assistant to the position of 

2 Inspector General; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) if the Inspector General has not 

4 made a designation described in clause 

5 (i)(II)— 

6 ‘‘(I) the Principal Deputy Inspec7 tor General of that Office, as of the 

8 day before the date on which the In9 spector General dies, resigns, or oth10 erwise becomes unable to perform the 

11 functions and duties of that position; 

12 or 

13 ‘‘(II) if there is no Principal 

14 Deputy Inspector General of that Of15 fice, the Deputy Inspector General of 

16 that Office, as of the day before the 

17 date on which the Inspector General 

18 dies, resigns, or otherwise becomes 

19 unable to perform the functions and 

20 duties of that position. 

21 ‘‘(B) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term 

22 ‘Inspector General’— 

23 ‘‘(i) means an Inspector General who 

24 is appointed by the President, by and with 

25 the advice and consent of the Senate; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) includes the Inspector General of 

2 an establishment, the Special Inspector 

3 General for the Troubled Asset Relief Pro4 gram, and the Special Inspector General 

5 for Pandemic Recovery. 

6 ‘‘(2) DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR INABILITY TO

7 PERFORM FUNCTIONS.—If an Inspector General 

8 dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the 

9 functions and duties of the position— 

10 ‘‘(A) section 3345(a) of this title and sec11 tion 103(e) of the National Security Act of 

12 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3025(e)) shall not apply; 

13 ‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (4), the first as14 sistant to the position of Inspector General 

15 shall perform the functions and duties of the 

16 Inspector General temporarily in an acting ca17 pacity subject to the time limitations of section 

18 3346 of this title; and 

19 ‘‘(C) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), 

20 and subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the 

21 President (and only the President) may direct 

22 an officer or employee of any Office of an In23 spector General to perform the functions and 

24 duties of the Inspector General temporarily in 
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1 an acting capacity subject to the time limita2 tions of section 3346 of this title only if— 

3 ‘‘(i) during the 365-day period pre4 ceding the date of death, resignation, or 

5 beginning of inability to serve of the In6 spector General, the officer or employee 

7 served in a position in an Office of an In8 spector General for not less than 90 days, 

9 except that— 

10 ‘‘(I) the requirement under this 

11 clause shall not apply if the officer is 

12 an Inspector General; and 

13 ‘‘(II) for the purposes of this 

14 subparagraph, performing the func15 tions and duties of an Inspector Gen16 eral temporarily in an acting capacity 

17 does not qualify as service in a posi18 tion in an Office of an Inspector Gen19 eral; 

20 ‘‘(ii) the rate of pay for the position 

21 of the officer or employee described in 

22 clause (i) is equal to or greater than the 

23 minimum rate of pay payable for a position 

24 at GS–15 of the General Schedule; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the officer or employee has dem2 onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, 

3 financial analysis, law, management anal4 ysis, public administration, or investiga5 tions; and 

6 ‘‘(iv) not later than 30 days before the 

7 date on which the direction takes effect, 

8 the President communicates in writing to 

9 both Houses of Congress (including to the 

10 appropriate congressional committees) the 

11 substantive rationale, including the de12 tailed and case-specific reasons, for the di13 rection, including the reason for the direc14 tion that someone other than the individual 

15 who is performing the functions and duties 

16 of the Inspector General temporarily in an 

17 acting capacity (as of the date on which 

18 the President issues that direction) per19 form those functions and duties tempo20 rarily in an acting capacity. 

21 ‘‘(3) NON-DUTY STATUS.—Notwithstanding sec22 tion 3345(a) of this title, and subparagraphs (B) 

23 and (C) of paragraph (2), and subject to paragraph 

24 (4), during any period in which an Inspector General 

25 is on non-duty status— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the first assistant to the position of 

2 Inspector General shall perform the functions 

3 and duties of the position temporarily in an act4 ing capacity subject to the time limitations of 

5 section 3346 of this title; and 

6 ‘‘(B) if the first assistant described in sub7 paragraph (A) dies, resigns, or becomes other8 wise unable to perform those functions and du9 ties, the President (and only the President) 

10 may direct an officer or employee in that Office 

11 of Inspector General to perform those functions 

12 and duties temporarily in an acting capacity, 

13 subject to the time limitations of section 3346 

14 of this title, if— 

15 ‘‘(i) that direction satisfies the re16 quirements under clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) 

17 of paragraph (2)(C); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) that officer or employee served in 

19 a position in that Office of Inspector Gen20 eral for not fewer than 90 of the 365 days 

21 preceding the date on which the President 

22 makes that direction. 

23 ‘‘(4) ACTING CAPACITY FOR 1 INSPECTOR GEN24 ERAL POSITION AT A TIME.—An individual may per25 form the functions and duties of an Inspector Gen-
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1 eral temporarily and in an acting capacity under 

2 subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (2), or under 

3 paragraph (3), with respect to only 1 Inspector Gen4 eral position at any given time. 

5 ‘‘(5) THIRTY-DAY PERIOD BEFORE PRESI6 DENT’S DIRECTION TAKES EFFECT.—If the Presi7 dent makes a direction under paragraph (2)(C), dur8 ing the 30-day period preceding the date on which 

9 the direction of the President takes effect, the func10 tions and duties of the position of the applicable In11 spector General shall be performed by— 

12 ‘‘(A) the first assistant to the position of 

13 Inspector General; or 

14 ‘‘(B) the individual performing those func15 tions and duties temporarily in an acting capac16 ity, as of the date on which the President issues 

17 that direction, if that individual is an individual 

18 other than the first assistant to the position of 

19 Inspector General.’’. 

20 (3) SECTION 404.— 

21 (A) Section 404(a)(2) of title 5, United 

22 States Code, is amended— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘, including’’ after ‘‘to 

24 make recommendations’’; and 
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1 (ii) by inserting a comma after ‘‘sec2 tion 405(b) of this title’’. 

3 (B) Section 404(b)(1)(C) of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph 

5 (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’. 

6 (4) SECTION 405.—Section 405 of title 5, 

7 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘§ 405. Reports 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) DISALLOWED COSTS.—The term ‘dis11 allowed cost’ means a questioned cost that manage12 ment, in a management decision, has sustained or 

13 agreed should not be charged to the Government. 

14 ‘‘(2) FINAL ACTION.—The term ‘final action’ 

15 means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the completion of all actions that the 

17 management of an establishment has concluded, 

18 in its management decision, are necessary with 

19 respect to the findings and recommendations in20 cluded in an audit report; and 

21 ‘‘(B) in the event that the management of 

22 an establishment concludes no action is nec23 essary, final action occurs when a management 

24 decision has been made. 
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1 ‘‘(3) MANAGEMENT DECISION.—The term 

2 ‘management decision’ means the evaluation by the 

3 management of an establishment of the findings and 

4 recommendations included in an audit report and 

5 the issuance of a final decision by management con6 cerning its response to the findings and rec7 ommendations, including actions concluded to be 

8 necessary. 

9 ‘‘(4) QUESTIONED COST.—The term ‘questioned 

10 cost’ means a cost that is questioned by the Office 

11 because of— 

12 ‘‘(A) an alleged violation of a provision of 

13 a law, regulation, contract, grant, cooperative 

14 agreement, or other agreement or document 

15 governing the expenditure of funds; 

16 ‘‘(B) a finding that, at the time of the 

17 audit, the cost is not supported by adequate 

18 documentation; or 

19 ‘‘(C) a finding that the expenditure of 

20 funds for the intended purpose is unnecessary 

21 or unreasonable. 

22 ‘‘(5) RECOMMENDATION THAT FUNDS BE PUT

23 TO BETTER USE.—The term ‘recommendation that 

24 funds be put to better use’ means a recommendation 

25 by the Office that funds could be used more effi-
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1 ciently if management of an establishment took ac2 tions to implement and complete the recommenda3 tion, including— 

4 ‘‘(A) reductions in outlays; 

5 ‘‘(B) deobligation of funds from programs 

6 or operations; 

7 ‘‘(C) withdrawal of interest subsidy costs 

8 on loans or loan guarantees, insurance, or 

9 bonds; 

10 ‘‘(D) costs not incurred by implementing 

11 recommended improvements related to the oper12 ations of the establishment, a contractor, or 

13 grantee; 

14 ‘‘(E) avoidance of unnecessary expendi15 tures noted in preaward reviews of contract or 

16 grant agreements; or 

17 ‘‘(F) any other savings which are specifi18 cally identified. 

19 ‘‘(6) SENIOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE.—The 

20 term ‘senior Government employee’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) an officer or employee in the execu22 tive branch (including a special Government 

23 employee as defined in section 202 of title 18) 

24 who occupies a position classified at or above 

25 GS–15 of the General Schedule or, in the case 
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1 of positions not under the General Schedule, for 

2 which the rate of basic pay is equal to or great3 er than 120 percent of the minimum rate of 

4 basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General 

5 Schedule; and 

6 ‘‘(B) any commissioned officer in the 

7 Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 and above. 

8 ‘‘(7) UNSUPPORTED COST.—The term ‘unsup9 ported cost’ means a cost that is questioned by the 

10 Office because the Office found that, at the time of 

11 the audit, such cost is not supported by adequate 

12 documentation. 

13 ‘‘(b) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—Each Inspector Gen14 eral shall, not later than April 30 and October 31 of each 

15 year, prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activi16 ties of the Office during the immediately preceding 6- 

17 month periods ending March 31 and September 30. The 

18 reports shall include, but need not be limited to— 

19 ‘‘(1) a description of significant problems, 

20 abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administra21 tion of programs and operations of the establishment 

22 and associated reports and recommendations for cor23 rective action made by the Office; 

24 ‘‘(2) an identification of each recommendation 

25 made before the reporting period, for which correc-
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1 tive action has not been completed, including the po2 tential costs savings associated with the rec3 ommendation; 

4 ‘‘(3) a summary of significant investigations 

5 closed during the reporting period; 

6 ‘‘(4) an identification of the total number of 

7 convictions during the reporting period resulting 

8 from investigations; 

9 ‘‘(5) information regarding each audit, inspec10 tion, or evaluation report issued during the reporting 

11 period, including— 

12 ‘‘(A) a listing of each audit, inspection, or 

13 evaluation; and 

14 ‘‘(B) if applicable, the total dollar value of 

15 questioned costs (including a separate category 

16 for the dollar value of unsupported costs) and 

17 the dollar value of recommendations that funds 

18 be put to better use, including whether a man19 agement decision had been made by the end of 

20 the reporting period; 

21 ‘‘(6) information regarding any management 

22 decision made during the reporting period with re23 spect to any audit, inspection, or evaluation issued 

24 during a previous reporting period; 
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1 ‘‘(7) the information described under section 

2 804(b) of the Federal Financial Management Im3 provement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–208, 

4 §101(f) [title VIII], 31 U.S.C. 3512 note); 

5 ‘‘(8)(A) an appendix containing the results of 

6 any peer review conducted by another Office of In7 spector General during the reporting period; or 

8 ‘‘(B) if no peer review was conducted within 

9 that reporting period, a statement identifying the 

10 date of the last peer review conducted by another 

11 Office of Inspector General; 

12 ‘‘(9) a list of any outstanding recommendations 

13 from any peer review conducted by another Office of 

14 Inspector General that have not been fully imple15 mented, including a statement describing the status 

16 of the implementation and why implementation is 

17 not complete; 

18 ‘‘(10) a list of any peer reviews conducted by 

19 the Inspector General of another Office of the In20 spector General during the reporting period, includ21 ing a list of any outstanding recommendations made 

22 from any previous peer review (including any peer 

23 review conducted before the reporting period) that 

24 remain outstanding or have not been fully imple25 mented; 
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1 ‘‘(11) statistical tables showing— 

2 ‘‘(A) the total number of investigative re3 ports issued during the reporting period; 

4 ‘‘(B) the total number of persons referred 

5 to the Department of Justice for criminal pros6 ecution during the reporting period; 

7 ‘‘(C) the total number of persons referred 

8 to State and local prosecuting authorities for 

9 criminal prosecution during the reporting pe10 riod; and 

11 ‘‘(D) the total number of indictments and 

12 criminal informations during the reporting pe13 riod that resulted from any prior referral to 

14 prosecuting authorities; 

15 ‘‘(12) a description of the metrics used for de16 veloping the data for the statistical tables under 

17 paragraph (11); 

18 ‘‘(13) a report on each investigation conducted 

19 by the Office where allegations of misconduct were 

20 substantiated involving a senior Government em21 ployee or senior official (as defined by the Office) if 

22 the establishment does not have senior Government 

23 employees, which shall include— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the name of the senior Government 

2 employee, if already made public by the Office; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) a detailed description of— 

5 ‘‘(i) the facts and circumstances of 

6 the investigation; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the status and disposition of the 

8 matter, including— 

9 ‘‘(I) if the matter was referred to 

10 the Department of Justice, the date of 

11 the referral; and 

12 ‘‘(II) if the Department of Jus13 tice declined the referral, the date of 

14 the declination; 

15 ‘‘(14)(A) a detailed description of any instance 

16 of whistleblower retaliation, including information 

17 about the official found to have engaged in retalia18 tion; and 

19 ‘‘(B) what, if any, consequences the establish20 ment actually imposed to hold the official described 

21 in subparagraph (A) accountable; 

22 ‘‘(15) information related to interference by the 

23 establishment, including— 
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1 ‘‘(A) a detailed description of any attempt 

2 by the establishment to interfere with the inde3 pendence of the Office, including— 

4 ‘‘(i) with budget constraints designed 

5 to limit the capabilities of the Office; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) incidents where the establish7 ment has resisted or objected to oversight 

8 activities of the Office or restricted or sig9 nificantly delayed access to information, 

10 including the justification of the establish11 ment for such action; and 

12 ‘‘(B) a summary of each report made to 

13 the head of the establishment under section 

14 406(c)(2) of this title during the reporting pe15 riod; and 

16 ‘‘(16) detailed descriptions of the particular cir17 cumstances of each— 

18 ‘‘(A) inspection, evaluation, and audit con19 ducted by the Office that is closed and was not 

20 disclosed to the public; and 

21 ‘‘(B) investigation conducted by the Office 

22 involving a senior Government employee that is 

23 closed and was not disclosed to the public. 

24 ‘‘(c) FURNISHING SEMIANNUAL REPORTS TO HEAD

25 OF ESTABLISHMENT AND CONGRESS.—Semiannual re-
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1 ports of each Inspector General shall be furnished to the 

2 head of the establishment involved not later than April 30 

3 and October 31 of each year and shall be transmitted by 

4 the head of the establishment to the appropriate congres5 sional committees within 30 days after receipt of the re6 port, together with a report by the head of the establish7 ment containing— 

8 ‘‘(1) any comments the head of the establish9 ment determines appropriate; 

10 ‘‘(2) where final action on audit, inspection, 

11 and evaluation reports had not been taken before the 

12 commencement of the reporting period, statistical ta13 bles showing— 

14 ‘‘(A) with respect to management deci15 sions— 

16 ‘‘(i) for each report, whether a man17 agement decision was made during the re18 porting period; 

19 ‘‘(ii) if a management decision was 

20 made during the reporting period, the dol21 lar value of disallowed costs and funds to 

22 be put to better use as agreed to in the 

23 management decision; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) the total number of reports 

25 where a management decision was made 
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1 during the reporting period and the total 

2 corresponding dollar value of disallowed 

3 costs and funds to be put to better use as 

4 agreed to in the management decision; and 

5 ‘‘(B) with respect to final actions— 

6 ‘‘(i) whether, if a management deci7 sion was made before the end of the re8 porting period, final action was taken dur9 ing the reporting period; 

10 ‘‘(ii) if final action was taken, the dol11 lar value of— 

12 ‘‘(I) disallowed costs that were 

13 recovered by management through 

14 collection, offset, property in lieu of 

15 cash, or otherwise; 

16 ‘‘(II) disallowed costs that were 

17 written off by management; 

18 ‘‘(III) disallowed costs and funds 

19 to be put to better use not yet recov20 ered or written off by management; 

21 ‘‘(IV) recommendations that were 

22 completed; and 

23 ‘‘(V) recommendations that man24 agement has subsequently concluded 
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1 should not or could not be imple2 mented or completed; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the total number of reports 

4 where final action was not taken and the 

5 total number of reports where final action 

6 was taken, including the total cor7 responding dollar value of disallowed costs 

8 and funds to be put to better use as agreed 

9 to in the management decisions; 

10 ‘‘(3) whether the establishment entered into a 

11 settlement agreement with the official described in 

12 subsection (b)(14)(A), which shall be reported re13 gardless of any confidentiality agreement relating to 

14 the settlement agreement; and 

15 ‘‘(4) a statement explaining why final action 

16 has not been taken with respect to each audit, in17 spection, and evaluation report in which a manage18 ment decision has been made but final action has 

19 not yet been taken, except that such statement— 

20 ‘‘(A) may exclude reports if— 

21 ‘‘(i) a management decision was made 

22 within the preceding year; or 

23 ‘‘(ii) the report is under formal ad24 ministrative or judicial appeal or manage-
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1 ment of the establishment has agreed to 

2 pursue a legislative solution; and 

3 ‘‘(B) shall identify the number of reports 

4 in each category so excluded. 

5 ‘‘(d) REPORTS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—Within 60 

6 days of the transmission of the semiannual reports of each 

7 Inspector General to Congress, the head of each establish8 ment shall make copies of the report available to the public 

9 upon request and at a reasonable cost. Within 60 days 

10 after the transmission of the semiannual reports of each 

11 establishment head to Congress, the head of each estab12 lishment shall make copies of the report available to the 

13 public upon request and at a reasonable cost. 

14 ‘‘(e) REPORTING SERIOUS PROBLEMS, ABUSES, OR

15 DEFICIENCIES.—Each Inspector General shall report im16 mediately to the head of the establishment involved when17 ever the Inspector General becomes aware of particularly 

18 serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or deficiencies relat19 ing to the administration of programs and operations of 

20 the establishment. The head of the establishment shall 

21 transmit any such report to the appropriate congressional 

22 committees within 7 calendar days, together with a report 

23 by the head of the establishment containing any comments 

24 the establishment head deems appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO SERIOUS

2 PROBLEMS, ABUSES, OR DEFICIENCIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) REPORT TO INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The 

4 Chairperson of the Integrity Committee of the Coun5 cil of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi6 ciency shall, immediately whenever the Chairperson 

7 of the Integrity Committee becomes aware of par8 ticularly serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or de9 ficiencies relating to the administration of programs 

10 and operations of an Office of Inspector General for 

11 which the Integrity Committee may receive, review, 

12 and refer for investigation allegations of wrongdoing 

13 under section 424(d) of this title, submit a report to 

14 the Inspector General who leads the Office at which 

15 the serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or defi16 ciencies were alleged. 

17 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO PRESIDENT, CONGRESS, AND

18 THE ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 7 days after 

19 the date on which an Inspector General receives a 

20 report submitted under paragraph (1), the Inspector 

21 General shall submit to the President, the appro22 priate congressional committees, and the head of the 

23 establishment— 

24 ‘‘(A) the report received under paragraph 

25 (1); and 
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1 ‘‘(B) a report by the Inspector General 

2 containing any comments the Inspector General 

3 determines appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION ON WORK BEING

5 CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE WHEN THERE IS CHANGE

6 IN STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para8 graph (2), not later than 15 days after an Inspector 

9 General is removed, placed on paid or unpaid 

10 nonduty status, or transferred to another position or 

11 location within an establishment, the officer or em12 ployee performing the functions and duties of the In13 spector General temporarily in an acting capacity 

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com15 mittees information regarding work being conducted 

16 by the Office as of the date on which the Inspector 

17 General was removed, placed on paid or unpaid non18 duty status, or transferred, which shall include— 

19 ‘‘(A) for each investigation— 

20 ‘‘(i) the type of alleged offense; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the fiscal quarter in which the 

22 Office initiated the investigation; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the relevant Federal agency, in24 cluding the relevant component of that 

25 Federal agency for any Federal agency 
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1 listed in section 901(b) of title 31, under 

2 investigation or affiliated with the indi3 vidual or entity under investigation; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) whether the investigation is ad5 ministrative, civil, criminal, or a combina6 tion thereof, if known; and 

7 ‘‘(B) for any work not described in sub8 paragraph (A)— 

9 ‘‘(i) a description of the subject mat10 ter and scope; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the relevant agency, including 

12 the relevant component of that Federal 

13 agency, under review; 

14 ‘‘(iii) the date on which the Office ini15 tiated the work; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) the expected time frame for com17 pletion. 

18 ‘‘(2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—With re19 spect to an inspector general of an element of the 

20 intelligence community specified in section 415(d)(2) 

21 of this title, the submission required by paragraph 

22 (1) shall only be made to the committees of Con23 gress specified in section 415(d)(2)(E) of this title. 

24 ‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF IN25 FORMATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 

2 shall be construed to authorize the public disclosure 

3 of information that is— 

4 ‘‘(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 

5 by any other provision of law; 

6 ‘‘(B) specifically required by Executive 

7 order to be protected from disclosure in the in8 terest of national defense or national security or 

9 in the conduct of foreign affairs; or 

10 ‘‘(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves11 tigation. 

12 ‘‘(2) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INFORMATION

13 IN PUBLIC RECORDS.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

14 (1)(C), any report under this section may be dis15 closed to the public in a form which includes infor16 mation with respect to a part of an ongoing criminal 

17 investigation if such information has been included 

18 in a public record. 

19 ‘‘(3) DISCLOSURES TO CONGRESS.—Except to 

20 the extent and in the manner provided under section 

21 6103(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

22 U.S.C. 6103(f)), nothing in this section or in any 

23 other provision of this chapter shall be construed to 

24 authorize or permit the withholding of information 
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1 from Congress, or from any committee or sub2 committee of Congress. 

3 ‘‘(4) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO MEMBERS

4 OF CONGRESS.—Subject to any other provision of 

5 law that would otherwise prohibit disclosure of such 

6 information, the information described in paragraph 

7 (1) may be provided to any Member of Congress 

8 upon request. 

9 ‘‘(5) PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFI10 ABLE INFORMATION OF WHISTLEBLOWERS.—An Of11 fice may not provide to Congress or the public any 

12 information that reveals the personally identifiable 

13 information of a whistleblower under this section un14 less the Office first obtains the consent of the whis15 tleblower. 

16 ‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION OF, AND SUBMISSION OF

17 WRITTEN RESPONSE BY, NON-GOVERNMENTAL OR18 GANIZATIONS AND BUSINESS ENTITIES IDENTIFIED

19 IN REPORTS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

21 subparagraph (B), if an audit, evaluation, in22 spection, or other non-investigative report pre23 pared by an Inspector General specifically iden24 tifies a specific non-governmental organization 

25 or business entity, whether or not the non-gov-
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1 ernmental organization or business entity is the 

2 subject of that audit, evaluation, inspection, or 

3 non-investigative report— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Inspector General shall notify 

5 the non-governmental organization or busi6 ness entity; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the non-governmental organiza8 tion or business entity shall have— 

9 ‘‘(I) 30 days to review the audit, 

10 evaluation, inspection, or non-inves11 tigative report beginning on the date 

12 of publication of the audit, evaluation, 

13 inspection, or non-investigative report; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(II) the opportunity to submit a 

16 written response for the purpose of 

17 clarifying or providing additional con18 text as it directly relates to each in19 stance wherein an audit, evaluation, 

20 inspection, or non-investigative report 

21 specifically identifies that non-govern22 mental organization or business enti23 ty; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) if a written response is sub2 mitted under clause (ii)(II) within the 30- 

3 day period described in clause (ii)(I)— 

4 ‘‘(I) the written response shall be 

5 attached to the audit, evaluation, in6 spection, or non-investigative report; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(II) in every instance where the 

9 report may appear on the public-fac10 ing website of the Inspector General, 

11 the website shall be updated in order 

12 to access a version of the audit, eval13 uation, inspection, or non-investigative 

14 report that includes the written re15 sponse. 

16 ‘‘(B) INAPPLICABILITY TO NON-GOVERN17 MENTAL ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS ENTI18 TIES THAT REFUSED TO PROVIDE ASSIST19 ANCE.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with 

20 respect to a non-governmental organization or 

21 business entity that refused to provide informa22 tion or assistance sought by an Inspector Gen23 eral during the creation of the audit, evaluation, 

24 inspection, or non-investigative report. 
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1 ‘‘(C) REVIEW OF WRITTEN RESPONSE.— 

2 An Inspector General shall review any written 

3 response received under subparagraph (A) for 

4 the purpose of preventing the improper disclo5 sure of classified information or other non-pub6 lic information, consistent with applicable laws, 

7 rules, and regulations, and, if necessary, redact 

8 such information. 

9 ‘‘(i) ONLINE PUBLICATION; LINKS.—If an Office has 

10 published any portion of the report or information re11 quired under subsection (b) to the website of the Office 

12 or on oversight.gov, the Office may elect to provide links 

13 to the relevant webpage or website in the report of the 

14 Office under subsection (b) in lieu of including the infor15 mation in that report.’’. 

16 (5) SECTION 406.— 

17 (A) Section 406(c) of title 5, United States 

18 Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(3) NOTICE TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT21 TEES.—If the information or assistance that is the 

22 subject of a report under paragraph (2) is not pro23 vided to the Inspector General by the date that is 30 

24 days after the report is made, the Inspector General 

25 shall submit a notice that the information or assist-
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1 ance requested has not been provided by the head of 

2 the establishment involved or the head of the Fed3 eral agency involved, as applicable, to the appro4 priate congressional committees.’’. 

5 (B) Section 406(f)(3) of title 5, United 

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Vet7 erans’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans’’. 

8 (C) Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 

9 406(h)(4) of title 5, United States Code, are 

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(B) The Committee on Oversight and Ac12 countability, the Committee on the Judiciary, 

13 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel14 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

15 ‘‘(C) Any other relevant congressional com16 mittee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.’’. 

17 (D) Section 406(j)(2) of title 5, United 

18 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

19 552a of title 5’’ and inserting ‘‘section 552a of 

20 this title’’. 

21 (6) SECTION 408.— 

22 (A) Section 408(b)(3) of title 5, United 

23 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(3) STATEMENT CONCERNING EXERCISE OF

25 POWER.—If the Secretary of Defense exercises any 
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1 power under paragraph (1) or (2), the Inspector 

2 General shall submit a statement concerning that ex3 ercise of power within 30 days to the appropriate 

4 congressional committees, including the Committee 

5 on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 

6 on Armed Services of the House of Representa7 tives.’’. 

8 (B) Section 408(b)(4) of title 5, United 

9 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and to 

10 other appropriate committees or subcommit11 tees’’. 

12 (C) Section 408(f)(1) (matter before sub13 paragraph (A)) of title 5, United States Code, 

14 is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TRANSMITTED TO CONGRES16 SIONAL COMMITTEES.—Each semiannual report pre17 pared by the Inspector General of the Department 

18 of Defense under section 405(b) of this title shall be 

19 transmitted by the Secretary of Defense to the ap20 propriate congressional committees, including the 

21 Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

22 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep23 resentatives. Each report shall include—’’. 

24 (D) Section 408(f)(2) of title 5, United 

25 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘commit-
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1 tees or subcommittees of the Congress’’ and in2 serting ‘‘congressional committees’’. 

3 (7) SECTION 412.— 

4 (A) Section 412(a)(3) of title 5, United 

5 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION AND STATEMENT OF REA7 SONS FOR EXERCISE OF POWER.—If the Secretary 

8 of the Treasury exercises any power under para9 graph (1) or (2), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

10 notify the Inspector General of the Department of 

11 the Treasury in writing, stating the reasons for such 

12 exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of any such 

13 notice, the Inspector General of the Department of 

14 the Treasury shall transmit a copy of such notice to 

15 the appropriate congressional committees, including 

16 the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the 

17 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

18 Representatives.’’. 

19 (B) Section 412(g)(1) of title 5, United 

20 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—Any report required to be transmitted by the 

23 Secretary of the Treasury to the appropriate con24 gressional committees under section 405(e) of this 

25 title shall also be transmitted, within the 7-day pe-
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1 riod specified under such section, to the Committee 

2 on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on 

3 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.’’. 

4 (C) Section 412(g)(2) of title 5, United 

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘commit6 tees or subcommittees of Congress’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘congressional committees’’. 

8 (D) Section 412(j) (matter before para9 graph (1)) of title 5, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘section 

12 403(d)(1)(B)(i) of this title (or, effective 

13 November 27, 2017, section 

14 403(d)(2)(B)(i) of this title)’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘section 403(d)(1)(A) of this title’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 

17 403(d)(1)(B)(ii) of this title (or, effective 

18 November 27, 2017, section 

19 403(d)(2)(B)(ii) of this title)’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘section 403(d)(1)(B) of this title’’. 

21 (8) SECTION 413.— 

22 (A) Section 413(a)(3) of title 5, United 

23 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION AND STATEMENT OF REA25 SONS FOR EXERCISE OF POWER.—If the Attorney 
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1 General exercises any power under paragraph (1) or 

2 (2), the Attorney General shall notify the Inspector 

3 General in writing, stating the reasons for such exer4 cise. Within 30 days after receipt of any such notice, 

5 the Inspector General shall transmit a copy of such 

6 notice to the appropriate congressional committees, 

7 including the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

8 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

9 House of Representatives.’’. 

10 (B) Section 413(c) of title 5, United States 

11 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(c) REPORTS.—Any report required to be trans13 mitted by the Attorney General to the appropriate con14 gressional committees under section 405(e) of this title 

15 shall also be transmitted, within the 7-day period specified 

16 under that section, to the Committee on the Judiciary of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

18 House of Representatives.’’. 

19 (9) SECTION 415.— 

20 (A) Section 415(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Postal 

22 Regulatory Commission,’’. 

23 (B) Section 415(e) of title 5, United States 

24 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

25 ‘‘(e) REMOVAL.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) BOARD, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, OR

2 COMMISSION IS HEAD OF DESIGNATED FEDERAL EN3 TITY.—In the case of a designated Federal entity for 

4 which a board, chairman of a committee, or commis5 sion is the head of the designated Federal entity, a 

6 removal or placement on non-duty status under this 

7 subsection may only be made upon the written concurrence of a 2 8 ⁄3 majority of the board, committee, 

9 or commission. 

10 ‘‘(2) INSPECTOR GENERAL REMOVED OR

11 TRANSFERRED.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an Inspector Gen13 eral is removed from office or is transferred to 

14 another position or location within a designated 

15 Federal entity, the head of the designated Fed16 eral entity shall communicate in writing the 

17 substantive rationale, including detailed and 

18 case-specific reasons, for any such removal or 

19 transfer to both Houses of Congress (including 

20 to the appropriate congressional committees), 

21 not later than 30 days before the removal or 

22 transfer. Nothing in this subsection shall pro23 hibit a personnel action otherwise authorized by 

24 law, other than transfer or removal. 
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1 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN COMMUNICATION REQUIRE2 MENTS IN CASE OF OPEN OR COMPLETED IN3 QUIRY.—If there is an open or completed in4 quiry into an Inspector General that relates to 

5 the removal or transfer of the Inspector General 

6 under subparagraph (A), the written commu7 nication required under that subparagraph 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) identify each entity that is con10 ducting, or that conducted, the inquiry; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed in13 quiry, contain the findings made during 

14 the inquiry. 

15 ‘‘(3) INSPECTOR GENERAL PLACEMENT ON

16 NON-DUTY STATUS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY OF COVERED OFFI18 CIAL.—Subject to the other provisions of this 

19 paragraph, only the head of the applicable des20 ignated Federal entity (referred to in this para21 graph as the ‘covered official’) may place an In22 spector General on non-duty status. 

23 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.—If a 

24 covered official places an Inspector General on 

25 non-duty status, the covered official shall com-
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1 municate in writing the substantive rationale, 

2 including detailed and case-specific reasons, for 

3 the change in status to both Houses of Con4 gress (including to the appropriate congres5 sional committees) not later than 15 days be6 fore the date on which the change in status 

7 takes effect, except that the covered official 

8 may submit that communication not later than 

9 the date on which the change in status takes ef10 fect if— 

11 ‘‘(i) the covered official has made a 

12 determination that the continued presence 

13 of the Inspector General in the workplace 

14 poses a threat described in any of clauses 

15 (i) through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) 

16 of this title; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) in the communication, the cov18 ered official includes a report on the deter19 mination described in clause (i), which 

20 shall include— 

21 ‘‘(I) a specification of which 

22 clause of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of 

23 this title the covered official has de24 termined applies under clause (i) of 

25 this subparagraph; 
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1 ‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, 

2 including detailed and case-specific 

3 reasons, for the determination made 

4 under clause (i); 

5 ‘‘(III) an identification of each 

6 entity that is conducting, or that con7 ducted, any inquiry upon which the 

8 determination under clause (i) was 

9 made; and 

10 ‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry 

11 described in subclause (III) that is 

12 completed, the findings made during 

13 that inquiry. 

14 ‘‘(C) PLACING INSPECTOR GENERAL ON

15 NON-DUTY STATUS DURING SPECIFIED PERIOD

16 BEFORE REMOVAL OR TRANSFER.—A covered 

17 official may not place an Inspector General on 

18 non-duty status during the 30-day period pre19 ceding the date on which the Inspector General 

20 is removed or transferred under paragraph 

21 (2)(A) unless the covered official— 

22 ‘‘(i) has made a determination that 

23 the continued presence of the Inspector 

24 General in the workplace poses a threat 
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1 described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) 

2 of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of this title; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which 

4 the change in status takes effect, submits 

5 to both Houses of Congress (including to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees) 

7 a written communication that contains the 

8 information required under subparagraph 

9 (B), including the report required under 

10 clause (ii) of that subparagraph. 

11 ‘‘(D) CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PRO12 TECTIONS AND AUTHORITIES.—Nothing in this 

13 paragraph may be construed to limit or other14 wise modify— 

15 ‘‘(i) any statutory protection that is 

16 afforded to an Inspector General; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) any other action that a covered 

18 official may take under law with respect to 

19 an Inspector General.’’. 

20 (C) Section 415(f)(2) of title 5, United 

21 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(2) OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSPEC23 TOR GENERAL.— 

24 ‘‘(A) POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE.—In 

25 carrying out the duties and responsibilities 
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1 specified in this chapter, the Inspector General 

2 of the United States Postal Service (hereinafter 

3 in this subsection referred to as the ‘Inspector 

4 General’) shall have oversight responsibility for 

5 all activities of the Postal Inspection Service, 

6 including any internal investigation performed 

7 by the Postal Inspection Service. The Chief 

8 Postal Inspector shall promptly report the sig9 nificant activities being carried out by the Post10 al Inspection Service to such Inspector General. 

11 ‘‘(B) POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION.— 

12 In carrying out the duties and responsibilities 

13 specified in this chapter, the Inspector General 

14 shall function as the Inspector General for the 

15 Postal Regulatory Commission, and shall have 

16 equal responsibility over the United States 

17 Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Com18 mission. The Postal Regulatory Commission 

19 shall comply with the Inspector General’s over20 sight as if the Postal Regulatory Commission 

21 were a designated Federal entity under sub22 section (a)(1) and as if the Inspector General 

23 were the inspector general of the Postal Regu24 latory Commission. The Governors of the Postal 
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1 Service shall not direct oversight activities for 

2 the Postal Regulatory Commission.’’. 

3 (D) Section 415(f)(3)(A)(i) (matter before 

4 subclause (I)) of title 5, United States Code, is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(i) ACCESS TO SENSITIVE INFORMA7 TION.—Notwithstanding subsection (d), 

8 the Inspector General shall be under the 

9 authority, direction, and control of the 

10 Governors with respect to audits or inves11 tigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, 

12 pertaining to the United States Postal 

13 Service, which audits, investigations, and 

14 subpoenas require access to sensitive infor15 mation concerning—’’. 

16 (E) Section 415(f)(3)(A)(iii) of title 5, 

17 United States Code, is amended to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(iii) NOTIFICATION OF REASONS FOR

20 EXERCISE OF POWER.—If the Governors 

21 exercise any power under clause (i) or (ii), 

22 the Governors shall notify the Inspector 

23 General in writing, stating the reasons for 

24 such exercise. Within 30 days after receipt 

25 of any such notice, the Inspector General 
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1 shall transmit a copy of such notice to the 

2 appropriate congressional committees.’’. 

3 (F) Section 415(f)(3)(B)(i) of title 5, 

4 United States Code, is amended by inserting 

5 ‘‘and the Postal Regulatory Commission’’ after 

6 ‘‘United States Postal Service’’. 

7 (G) Section 415(f)(3) of title 5, United 

8 States Code, is amended by striking subpara9 graph (C). 

10 (H) Section 415(f) of title 5, United States 

11 Code, is amended— 

12 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (4), 

13 (5), and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and 

14 (7), respectively; and 

15 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (3) 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY TO ACTIVITIES PER18 TAINING TO THE POSTAL REGULATORY COMMIS19 SION.—For activities pertaining to the Postal Regu20 latory Commission, sections 404, 405, 406 (other 

21 than subsection (g)), and 407 of this title shall be 

22 applied by substituting the term ‘head of the Postal 

23 Regulatory Commission’ for ‘head of the establish24 ment’.’’. 
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1 (10) SECTION 416.—Section 416(a) of title 5, 

2 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS; AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE

4 WHETHER COMPLAINT OR INFORMATION IS A MATTER

5 OF URGENT CONCERN.— 

6 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(A) INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.—The 

8 term ‘intelligence committees’ means the Per9 manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Select Com11 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

12 ‘‘(B) URGENT CONCERN.—The term ‘ur13 gent concern’ means any of the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) A serious or flagrant problem, 

15 abuse, violation of law or Executive order, 

16 or deficiency relating to the funding, ad17 ministration, or operations of an intel18 ligence activity of the Federal Government 

19 that is— 

20 ‘‘(I) a matter of national secu21 rity; and 

22 ‘‘(II) not a difference of opinion 

23 concerning public policy matters. 

24 ‘‘(ii) A false statement to Congress, or 

25 a willful withholding from Congress, on an 
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1 issue of material fact relating to the fund2 ing, administration, or operation of an in3 telligence activity. 

4 ‘‘(iii) An action, including a personnel 

5 action described in section 2302(a)(2)(A) 

6 of this title constituting reprisal or threat 

7 of reprisal prohibited under section 407(c) 

8 of this title in response to an employee’s 

9 reporting an urgent concern in accordance 

10 with this section. 

11 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER

12 COMPLAINT OR INFORMATION IS A MATTER OF UR13 GENT CONCERN.—Within the executive branch, an 

14 Inspector General to whom any complaint or infor15 mation is reported under this section shall have sole 

16 authority to determine whether the complaint or in17 formation is a matter of urgent concern under this 

18 section.’’. 

19 (11) SECTION 417.— 

20 (A) Section 417(a)(3) (matter before sub21 paragraph (A)) of title 5, United States Code, 

22 is amended by striking ‘‘committees and sub23 committees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘con24 gressional committees’’. 
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1 (B) Section 417(d) of title 5, United 

2 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Any report required to be trans4 mitted by the Secretary of Homeland Security to the ap5 propriate congressional committees under section 405(e) 

6 of this title shall be transmitted, within the 7-day period 

7 specified in section 405(e) of this title, to the President 

8 of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representa9 tives, and appropriate congressional committees.’’. 

10 (12) SECTION 419.—Section 419 of title 5, 

11 United States Code, is amended as follows: 

12 (A) Section 419(a)(2) of title 5, United 

13 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

14 113(n) of title 10’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

15 113(o) of title 10’’. 

16 (B) Section 419(d)(1)(A) of title 5, United 

17 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘overeas’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘overseas’’. 

19 (C) Section 419(d)(1)(B) of title 5, United 

20 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

21 113(n) of title 10’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

22 113(o) of title 10’’. 

23 (D) Section 419(d)(5) of title 5, United 

24 States Code, is amended— 
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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘CCOMPETITIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘COM3 PETITIVE’’; 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

5 ‘‘a lead Inspector General for’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘any of the Inspectors General speci7 fied in subsection (c) for oversight of’’; and 

8 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

9 ‘‘December 19, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘De10 cember 20, 2019’’. 

11 (13) SECTION 421.—Section 421(b) of title 5, 

12 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘com13 mittees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional 

14 committees’’. 

15 (14) SECTION 424.— 

16 (A) Section 424(b)(3)(B)(viii) of title 5, 

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (i) by striking subclauses (III) and 

19 (IV); 

20 (ii) in subclause (I), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

21 at the end; and 

22 (iii) by amending subclause (II) to 

23 read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(II) the appropriate congres25 sional committees.’’. 
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1 (B) Section 424(c)(1) of title 5, United 

2 States Code, is amended— 

3 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

4 (E) through (I) as subparagraphs (F) 

5 through (J), respectively; and 

6 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

7 (D) the following: 

8 ‘‘(E) support the professional development 

9 of Inspectors General, including by providing 

10 training opportunities on the duties, responsibil11 ities, and authorities under this chapter and on 

12 topics relevant to Inspectors General and the 

13 work of Inspectors General, as identified by In14 spectors General and the Council.’’. 

15 (C) Section 424(c)(3) of title 5, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(D) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.—Not 

19 later than November 30 of each year, the 

20 Chairperson shall submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees, including the Com22 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

24 Representatives, a report on the expenditures of 

25 the Council for the preceding fiscal year, includ-
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1 ing from direct appropriations to the Council, 

2 interagency funding pursuant to subparagraph 

3 (A), a revolving fund pursuant to subparagraph 

4 (B), or any other source.’’. 

5 (D) Section 424(c)(5)(B) of title 5, United 

6 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, allega7 tions of reprisal,’’ and inserting ‘‘and allega8 tions of reprisal (including the timely and ap9 propriate handling and consideration of pro10 tected disclosures and allegations of reprisal 

11 that are internal to an Office of Inspector Gen12 eral)’’. 

13 (E) Section 424(d)(5)(B)(ii) of title 5, 

14 United States Code, is amended by striking the 

15 period at the end and inserting ‘‘, the length of 

16 time the Integrity Committee has been evalu17 ating the allegation of wrongdoing, and a de18 scription of any previous written notice provided 

19 under this clause with respect to the allegation 

20 of wrongdoing, including the description pro21 vided for why additional time was needed.’’. 

22 (F) Section 424(d)(5)(B) of title 5, United 

23 States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

24 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(iii) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION

2 TO CONGRESS ON CERTAIN ALLEGATIONS

3 OF WRONGDOING CLOSED WITHOUT RE4 FERRAL.—With respect to an allegation of 

5 wrongdoing made by a Member of Con6 gress that is closed by the Integrity Com7 mittee without referral to the Chairperson 

8 of the Integrity Committee to initiate an 

9 investigation, the Chairperson of the Integ10 rity Committee shall, not later than 60 

11 days after closing the allegation of wrong12 doing, provide a written description of the 

13 nature of the allegation of wrongdoing and 

14 how the Integrity Committee evaluated the 

15 allegation of wrongdoing to— 

16 ‘‘(I) the Chair and Ranking Mi17 nority Member of the Committee on 

18 Homeland Security and Governmental 

19 Affairs of the Senate; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the Chair and Ranking Mi21 nority Member of the Committee on 

22 Oversight and Accountability of the 

23 House of Representatives.’’. 

24 (G) Section 424(d)(7)(B)(i)(V) of title 5, 

25 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
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1 and that an investigation of an Office of Inspec2 tor General of an establishment is conducted by 

3 another Office of Inspector General of an estab4 lishment’’ after ‘‘size’’. 

5 (H) Section 424(d)(8)(A)(ii) of title 5, 

6 United States Code, is amended by inserting 

7 ‘‘or corrective action’’ after ‘‘disciplinary ac8 tion’’. 

9 (I) Section 424(d)(8)(A)(iii) of title 5, 

10 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to 

11 the’’ and all that follows through ‘‘jurisdiction’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘to the appropriate congressional 

13 committees’’. 

14 (J) Section 424(d)(8)(B) of title 5, United 

15 States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and the 

16 appropriate congressional committees’’ after 

17 ‘‘Integrity Committee’’. 

18 (K) Section 424(d)(9) of title 5, United 

19 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(9) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—On or before May 

21 31, 2023, and every 6 months thereafter, the Coun22 cil shall submit to Congress and the President a re23 port on the activities of the Integrity Committee 

24 during the immediately preceding 6-month periods 

25 ending March 31 and September 30, which shall in-
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1 clude the following with respect to allegations of 

2 wrongdoing that are made against Inspectors Gen3 eral and staff members of the various Offices of In4 spector General described in paragraph (4)(C): 

5 ‘‘(A) An overview and analysis of the alle6 gations of wrongdoing disposed of by the Integ7 rity Committee, including— 

8 ‘‘(i) analysis of the positions held by 

9 individuals against whom allegations were 

10 made, including the duties affiliated with 

11 such positions; 

12 ‘‘(ii) analysis of the categories or 

13 types of the allegations of wrongdoing; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) a summary of disposition of all 

15 the allegations. 

16 ‘‘(B) The number of allegations received by 

17 the Integrity Committee. 

18 ‘‘(C) The number of allegations referred to 

19 the Department of Justice or the Office of Spe20 cial Counsel, including the number of allega21 tions referred for criminal investigation. 

22 ‘‘(D) The number of allegations referred to 

23 the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee for 

24 investigation, a general description of the status 
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1 of such investigations, and a summary of the 

2 findings of investigations completed. 

3 ‘‘(E) An overview and analysis of allega4 tions of wrongdoing received by the Integrity 

5 Committee during any previous reporting pe6 riod, but remained pending during some part of 

7 the 6 months covered by the report, including— 

8 ‘‘(i) analysis of the positions held by 

9 individuals against whom allegations were 

10 made, including the duties affiliated with 

11 such positions; 

12 ‘‘(ii) analysis of the categories or 

13 types of the allegations of wrongdoing; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) a summary of disposition of all 

15 the allegations. 

16 ‘‘(F) The number and category or type of 

17 pending investigations. 

18 ‘‘(G) For each allegation received— 

19 ‘‘(i) the date on which the investiga20 tion was opened; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the date on which the allegation 

22 was disposed of, as applicable; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) the case number associated with 

24 the allegation. 
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1 ‘‘(H) The nature and number of allega2 tions to the Integrity Committee closed without 

3 referral, including the justification for why each 

4 allegation was closed without referral. 

5 ‘‘(I) A brief description of any difficulty 

6 encountered by the Integrity Committee when 

7 receiving, evaluating, investigating, or referring 

8 for investigation an allegation received by the 

9 Integrity Committee, including a brief descrip10 tion of— 

11 ‘‘(i) any attempt to prevent or hinder 

12 an investigation; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) concerns about the integrity or 

14 operations at an Office of Inspector Gen15 eral. 

16 ‘‘(J) Other matters that the Council con17 siders appropriate.’’. 

18 (b) CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES

19 CODE.—Section 1013(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 

20 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Government’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Government,’’. 

22 (c) CHAPTER 131 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES

23 CODE.— 

24 (1) SECTION 13104.—Section 

25 13104(f)(4)(B)(i)(III) of title 5, United States Code, 
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1 is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (3)(C)(iii) and 

2 (iv) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (iii) 

3 and (iv) of paragraph (3)(C) of this subsection’’. 

4 (2) SECTION 13105.— 

5 (A) Section 13105(l) (matter before para6 graph (1)) of title 5, United States Code, is 

7 amended by inserting a closing parenthesis 

8 after ‘‘section 13104(a)(5)(B’’. 

9 (B) Section 13105(l) of title 5, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (i) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘, as 

12 defined under section 13101 of this title’’; 

13 and 

14 (ii) in paragraph (10)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘Congress’’; and 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘, as defined 

18 under section 13101 of this title’’. 

19 (C) Section 13105(l) of title 5, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(11) Each judicial officer. 

23 ‘‘(12) Each bankruptcy judge appointed under 

24 section 152 of title 28. 
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1 ‘‘(13) Each United States magistrate judge ap2 pointed under section 631 of title 28.’’. 

3 (3) SECTION 13107.— 

4 (A) Section 13107(b)(3)(A) of title 5, 

5 United States Code, is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘described in paragraph (9) or (10) of section 

7 13101 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘who is a ju8 dicial officer or a judicial employee’’. 

9 (B) Section 13107 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, is amended— 

11 (i) by redesignating subsections (c) 

12 and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respec13 tively; and 

14 (ii) by inserting after subsection (b) 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(c) ONLINE PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL DISCLO17 SURE REPORTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.—Subject 

19 to paragraph (4), not later than 180 days after May 

20 13, 2022, the Administrative Office of the United 

21 States Courts shall establish a searchable internet 

22 database to enable public access to any report re23 quired to be filed under this subchapter by a judicial 

24 officer, bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge. 
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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the date on which a report is required to be 

3 filed under this subchapter by a judicial officer, 

4 bankruptcy judge, or magistrate judge, the Adminis5 trative Office of the United States Courts shall 

6 make the report available on the database estab7 lished under paragraph (1) in a full-text searchable, 

8 sortable, and downloadable format for access by the 

9 public. 

10 ‘‘(3) REDACTION.—Any report made available 

11 on the database established under paragraph (1) 

12 shall not contain any information that is redacted in 

13 accordance with subsection (b)(3). 

14 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL TIME.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (B), the requirements of this subsection 

17 may be implemented after the date described in 

18 paragraph (1) if the Administrative Office of 

19 the United States Courts identifies in writing to 

20 the relevant committees of Congress the addi21 tional time needed for that implementation. 

22 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.—The 

23 Administrative Office of the United States 

24 Courts shall continue to make the reports de25 scribed in paragraph (1) available to the public 
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1 during the period in which the Administrative 

2 Office of the United States Courts establishes 

3 the database under this subsection.’’. 

4 (4) SECTION 13109.—Section 13109(a)(1) of 

5 title 5, United States Code, is amended in the last 

6 sentence by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

7 (e)’’. 

8 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

9 (a) AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE

10 INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.— 

11 (1) TITLE 2.— 

12 (A) The Library of Congress Inspector 

13 General Act of 2005 (2 U.S.C. 185) is amend14 ed— 

15 (i) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 

16 ‘‘Sections 4, 5 (other than subsection 

17 (a)(13)), 6 (other than subsection (a)(7)), 

18 and 7 of the Inspector General Act of 

19 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec20 tions 404, 405 (other than subsection 

21 (b)(7)), 406 (other than subsection (a)(7)), 

22 and 407 of title 5, United States Code,’’; 

23 (ii) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by strik24 ing ‘‘section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector Gen25 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘section 406(a)(8) of title 5, 

2 United States Code’’; and 

3 (iii) in subsection (d)(3)(C)(i), by 

4 striking ‘‘section 5 of the Inspector Gen5 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and in6 serting ‘‘section 405 of title 5, United 

7 States Code,’’. 

8 (B) The Architect of the Capitol Inspector 

9 General Act of 2007 (2 U.S.C. 1808) is amend10 ed— 

11 (i) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking 

12 ‘‘section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General 

13 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘section 406(a)(8) of title 5, United 

15 States Code’’; and 

16 (ii) in subsection (d)(3)(C)(i), by 

17 striking ‘‘section 5 of the Inspector Gen18 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and in19 serting ‘‘section 405 of title 5, United 

20 States Code,’’. 

21 (2) TITLE 5.—Section 15010 of the Emergency 

22 Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response 

23 and Agency Operations (Public Law 116–136, div. 

24 B, 5 U.S.C. 424 note) is amended— 
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1 (A) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

3 U.S.C. App)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 424 of 

4 title 5, United States Code’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (e)(3)(A)(i), by striking 

6 ‘‘section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

7 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 406 of 

8 title 5, United States Code’’; 

9 (C) in subsection (e)(3)(A)(iii), by striking 

10 ‘‘section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

11 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 406 of 

12 title 5, United States Code’’; 

13 (D) in subsection (e)(3)(B), by striking 

14 ‘‘section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 

15 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

16 404(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code’’; 

17 (E) in subsection (e)(4)(C), by striking 

18 ‘‘section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

19 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 406 of 

20 title 5, United States Code’’; and 

21 (F) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘sec22 tion 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

23 U.S.C. App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 406 of 

24 title 5, United States Code,’’. 
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1 (3) TITLE 7.—Section 1337 (matter after para2 graph (3)) of the Food Stamp and Commodity Dis3 tribution Amendments of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 2270 

4 (matter after paragraph (3))) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘described in section 9 of the Inspector General Act 

6 of 1978 (Public Law 95–452, 92 Stat. 1107)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘described in section 422 of title 5, United 

8 States Code’’. 

9 (4) TITLE 10.— 

10 (A) Section 113(o) of title 10, United 

11 States Code, is amended in the subsection head12 ing by striking ‘‘INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF

13 1978’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE 5’’. 

14 (B) Section 554(a) of the William M. 

15 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

17 116–283, 10 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended— 

18 (i) in paragraph (2), in the matter be19 fore subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the In20 spector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 

21 95–452; 5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States 

23 Code,’’; 

24 (ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 

25 ‘‘section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 
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1 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)..’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘section 405 of title 5, United States 

3 Code.’’; and 

4 (iii) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking 

5 ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

6 U.S.C. App.)..’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 

7 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

8 (C) Section 1034(f)(2)(B) of title 10, 

9 United States Code, is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

11 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 405 

12 title 5’’. 

13 (5) TITLE 15.— 

14 (A) Section 1107(a)(3) of the Coronavirus 

15 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 

16 U.S.C. 9006(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

17 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

18 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, 

19 United States Code’’. 

20 (B) Section 2115 of the Relief for Workers 

21 Affected by Coronavirus Act (15 U.S.C. 9031) 

22 is amended by striking ‘‘the Inspector General 

23 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 
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1 (C) Section 4018 of the Coronavirus Eco2 nomic Stabilization Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 

3 9053) is amended— 

4 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

5 ‘‘section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act 

6 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘section 403(b) of title 5, United States 

8 Code’’; 

9 (ii) in subsection (b)(5), by striking 

10 ‘‘section 3(e) of the Inspector General Act 

11 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘section 403(e) of title 5, United States 

13 Code’’; 

14 (iii) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter 

15 before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec16 tion 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act 

17 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘section 404(b)(1) of title 5, United States 

19 Code,’’; 

20 (iv) in subsection (c)(3), by striking 

21 ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

22 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of 

23 title 5, United States Code’’; 

24 (v) in subsection (d)(1), by striking 

25 ‘‘section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 
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1 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec2 tion 406 of title 5, United States Code’’; 

3 (vi) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 

4 ‘‘section 6(f)(3) of the Inspector General 

5 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘section 406(f)(3) of title 5, United 

7 States Code,’’; and 

8 (vii) in subsection (i), by striking 

9 ‘‘section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 

10 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec11 tion 424 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

12 (D) Section 501 of division N of the Con13 solidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (15 U.S.C. 

14 9058a) is amended— 

15 (i) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by 

16 striking ‘‘subsection (a) of this Act’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘subsection (a) of this section’’; 

18 (ii) in subsection (i)(4), by striking 

19 ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

20 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of 

21 title 5, United States Code.’’; and 

22 (iii) in subsection (k)(3)(A)(i), by 

23 striking ‘‘has’’ and inserting ‘‘has—’’. 

24 (6) TITLE 22.— 
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1 (A) Section 5(p)(4) of the Peace Corps Act 

2 (22 U.S.C. 2504(p)(4)) is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

4 App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, 

5 United States Code,’’. 

6 (B) Section 309A(h)(3) of the United 

7 States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 

8 (22 U.S.C. 6208a(h)(3)) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978’’ and in10 serting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States 

11 Code,’’. 

12 (C) Section 310A(a) of the United States 

13 International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 

14 U.S.C. 6209a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

15 Inspector General Act of 1978’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

17 (7) TITLE 26.—Section 6103(l)(13)(D)(i)(II) of 

18 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

19 6103(l)(13)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

20 Inspector General Act of 1978,’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

22 (8) TITLE 31.— 

23 (A) Section 2 of the Good Accounting Obli24 gation in Government Act (Public Law 115– 

25 414, 31 U.S.C. 1105 note) is amended— 
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1 (i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

2 ‘‘section 8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General 

3 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘section 415(a)(1) of title 5, United 

5 States Code’’; 

6 (ii) in subsection (a)(2), by striking 

7 ‘‘section 12(2) of the Inspector General 

8 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘section 401(1) of title 5, United 

10 States Code’’; and 

11 (iii) in subsection (b)(3)(D)(ii), by 

12 striking ‘‘section 5 of the Inspector Gen13 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in14 serting ‘‘section 405 of title 5, United 

15 States Code’’. 

16 (B) Section 3354(d)(4)(B) of title 31, 

17 United States Code, is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘section 6(j) of the Inspector General Act of 

19 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

20 406(j) of title 5’’. 

21 (9) TITLE 38.— 

22 (A) Section 9(a) of the Department of Vet23 erans Affairs Act (Public Law 100–527, 38 

24 U.S.C. 301 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
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1 Inspector General Act of 1978,’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

3 (B) Section 312 of title 38, United States 

4 Code, is amended— 

5 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Act’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘chapter’’; 

7 (ii) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by strik8 ing ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

9 U.S.C. App.)’’ in 2 places and inserting 

10 ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5’’; and 

11 (iii) in subsection (d)(6)(A), by strik12 ing ‘‘section 5(b) of the Inspector General 

13 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5(b)),’’ and in14 serting ‘‘section 405(c) of title 5,’’. 

15 (C) Section 733(a) of title 38, United 

16 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Whis17 tleblower Protection Ombudsman designated 

18 under section 3(d)(1)(C) of the Inspector Gen19 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘the Whistleblower Protection Coordinator 

21 designated under section 403(d)(1)(C) of title 

22 5,’’. 

23 (10) TITLE 42.— 
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1 (A) Section 4004(b)(4) of the Public 

2 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300jj–52(b)(4)) 

3 is amended— 

4 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik5 ing ‘‘INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE 5, 

7 UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

8 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

9 ‘‘section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 

10 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec11 tion 406 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

12 (B) Section 601(f)(4) of the Social Secu13 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)(4)) is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

15 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 

16 5, United States Code’’. 

17 (11) TITLE 44.—Section 3903 of title 44, 

18 United States Code, is amended— 

19 (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘sec20 tion 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 

21 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

22 406(a)(8) of title 5’’; and 

23 (B) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking 

24 ‘‘section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
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1 (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 405 of 

2 title 5,’’. 

3 (12) TITLE 49.—The last proviso under the 

4 heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, under the 

5 heading ‘‘OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL’’, in the 

6 Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 

7 2015 (Public Law 113–235, div. K, title I, 49 

8 U.S.C. 354 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the In9 spector General Act of 1978, as amended,’’ and in10 serting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

11 (13) TITLE 50.— 

12 (A) Section 103H(c)(6)(A) of the National 

13 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3033(c)(6)(A)) 

14 is amended by striking ‘‘section 3 of the Inspec15 tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘section 403 of title 5, United States 

17 Code’’. 

18 (B) Section 1104 of the National Security 

19 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3234) is amended— 

20 (i) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking 

21 ‘‘subsections (a)(1), (d), and (g) of section 

22 8H of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

23 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub24 sections (b)(1), (e), and (h) of section 416 

25 of title 5, United States Code’’; and 
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1 (ii) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(i), by 

2 striking ‘‘subsections (a)(1), (d), and (g) of 

3 section 8H of the Inspector General Act of 

4 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub5 sections (b)(1), (e), and (h) of section 416 

6 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

7 (C) Section 17(b)(8)(A) of the Central In8 telligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 

9 3517(b)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

10 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

11 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 403 of 

12 title 5, United States Code’’. 

13 (b) AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE

14 FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

15 (1) TITLE 6.— 

16 (A) Section 102(h) of the Homeland Secu17 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112(h)) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee 

19 Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 

20 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

21 (B) Section 404(f) of the Homeland Secu22 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 204(f)) is amend23 ed— 
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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

3 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

4 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

5 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

6 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

7 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

8 (C) Section 1756(b)(4) of the National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (6 

10 U.S.C. 321o–1(b)(4)) is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

12 App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

13 United States Code,’’. 

14 (D) Section 2(d) of the Protecting Fire15 fighters from Adverse Substances Act (6 U.S.C. 

16 323(d)) is amended— 

17 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik18 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

19 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

20 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

21 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

22 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

23 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 
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1 (E) Section 3(g)(2) of the K–12 Cyberse2 curity Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–47, 6 

3 U.S.C. 652 note) is amended— 

4 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik5 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

6 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

7 (ii) in the paragraph text, ‘‘The Fed8 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

9 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 

10 5, United States Code,’’. 

11 (F) Section 101(c)(2) of the Strenghtening 

12 and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing 

13 Risk Exposure Technology Act (Public Law 

14 115–390, 6 U.S.C. 663 note) is amended— 

15 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik16 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

17 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

18 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

19 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

20 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

21 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

22 (G) Section 2220D(a)(4)(B) of the Home23 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

24 665k(a)(4)(B)) is amended— 
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1 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

2 striking ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

3 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

4 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

5 (ii) in the subparagraph text, by strik6 ing ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

7 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 

8 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

9 (H) Section 1927(h) of the TSA Mod10 ernization Act (Public Law 115–254, div. K, 

11 title I, 6 U.S.C. 1116 note) is amended— 

12 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik13 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

14 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

15 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

16 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

17 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

18 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

19 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

20 (2) TITLE 7.— 

21 (A) Section 309(b)(7) of the Federal Crop 

22 Insurance Reform and Department of Agri23 culture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 

24 6921(b)(7)) is amended— 
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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT

3 EXEMPTION’’ and inserting ‘‘EXEMPTION

4 FROM CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED

5 STATES CODE’’; and 

6 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

7 ‘‘Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com8 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Section 1013 of title 5, United States 

10 Code,’’. 

11 (B) Section 10409A(b)(5) of the Animal 

12 Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8308a(b)(5)) 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory 

14 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

16 (3) TITLE 10.— 

17 (A) Section 833(e)(3) of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 

19 (Public Law 117–81, 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is 

20 amended— 

21 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik22 ing ‘‘FACA NON-APPLICABILITY’’ and in23 serting ‘‘INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 10

24 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 
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1 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

2 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

3 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

4 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

5 (B) Section 898(k) of the National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 

7 (Public Law 114–328, 10 U.S.C. note prec. 

8 4751) is amended— 

9 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik10 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

11 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

12 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

13 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

14 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

15 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

16 (C) Section 8933(e) of title 10, United 

17 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 14 

18 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

19 U.S.C. App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1013 of 

20 title 5,’’. 

21 (4) TITLE 15.— 

22 (A) Section 40(h) of the Securities Ex23 change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78qq(h)) is 

24 amended— 
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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

3 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

4 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

5 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

6 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

7 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

8 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

9 (B) Section 9906(b)(3) of the William M. 

10 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza11 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 U.S.C. 

12 4656(b)(3)) is amended— 

13 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik14 ing ‘‘FACA EXEMPTION’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘EXEMPTION FROM CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE

16 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

17 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

18 ‘‘Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com19 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘Section 1013 of title 5, United States 

21 Code,’’. 

22 (C) Section 104(g) of the National Quan23 tum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8814(g)) is 

24 amended— 
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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FACA EXEMPTION’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘EXEMPTION FROM CHAPTER 10 OF

4 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

5 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

6 ‘‘section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com7 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘section 1013 of title 5, United States 

9 Code’’. 

10 (D) Section 5104(h) of the National Artifi11 cial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 

12 U.S.C. 9414(h)) is amended— 

13 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik14 ing ‘‘FACA EXEMPTION’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘EXEMPTION FROM CHAPTER 10 OF

16 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

17 (ii) in the subsection text— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘the Federal Advi19 sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

21 United States Code,’’; and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘section 14 of 

23 such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1013 

24 of such title’’. 
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1 (E) Section 100503(c) of the Minority 

2 Business Development Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 

3 9573(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 14 of 

4 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

5 App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1013 of title 5, 

6 United States Code,’’. 

7 (5) TITLE 16.— 

8 (A) Section 1223(c)(1) of the John D. 

9 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and 

10 Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460dddd–2(c)(1)) is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Advisory 

12 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

14 (B) Section 120(f)(6)(D)(iv) of the Marine 

15 Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 

16 1389(f)(6)(D)(iv)) is amended— 

17 (i) in the clause heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

19 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

20 (ii) in the clause text, by striking 

21 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

22 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

23 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

24 (C) Section 28001(d) of the Surface 

25 Transportation Investment Act of 2021 (Public 
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1 Law 117–58, div. B, 16 U.S.C. 1801 note) is 

2 amended— 

3 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

4 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

5 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 

6 5, United States Code’’; and 

7 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

9 striking ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED

11 STATES CODE’’; and 

12 (II) in the paragraph text, by 

13 striking ‘‘the Federal Advisory Com14 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in15 serting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United 

16 States Code,’’. 

17 (D) Section 102(d)(1)(C)(iv) of the Ensur18 ing Access to Pacific Fisheries Act (16 U.S.C. 

19 7702(d)(1)(C)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

20 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

21 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

22 United States Code’’. 

23 (E) Section 202(d)(1)(C)(iv) of the Ensur24 ing Access to Pacific Fisheries Act (16 U.S.C. 

25 7802(d)(1)(C)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
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1 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

2 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

3 United States Code’’. 

4 (F) Section 1(b) of the America’s Con5 servation Enhancement Act (Public Law 116– 

6 188, 134 Stat. 905) is amended, in the table of 

7 contents, in the item relating to section 211 

8 under the heading ‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL 

9 FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION 

10 THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS’’, by striking 

11 ‘‘Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Com12 mittee Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Nonapplicability of 

13 chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

14 (G) Section 211 of the America’s Con15 servation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 8211) is 

16 amended— 

17 (i) in the section heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, 

20 UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

21 (ii) in the matter before paragraph 

22 (1), by striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory 

23 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in24 serting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United 

25 States Code,’’. 
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1 (6) TITLE 20.—Section 5(b)(2)(C) of the 

2 HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a 

3 New Era of Results for Students Act (20 U.S.C. 

4 1063e(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal 

5 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

7 (7) TITLE 22.— 

8 (A) Subsection (g) of the Survivors of 

9 Human Trafficking Empowerment Act (22 

10 U.S.C. 7103b(g)) is amended— 

11 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik12 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

13 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Federal Advisory 

15 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in16 serting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United 

17 States Code’’. 

18 (B) Section 1413(i)(4) of the Better Utili19 zation of Investments Leading to Development 

20 Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9613(i)(4)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik23 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

24 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

25 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 
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1 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

2 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

3 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

4 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

5 (8) TITLE 25.— 

6 (A) Section 813(g)(5) of the Violence 

7 Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 

8 2022 (25 U.S.C. 1305(g)(5)) is amended— 

9 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik10 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

11 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

12 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

13 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

14 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

15 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

16 (B) Section 8(e) of the Safeguard Tribal 

17 Objects of Patrimony Act of 2021 (25 U.S.C. 

18 3076(e)) is amended— 

19 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik20 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

21 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

22 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

23 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

24 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
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1 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

2 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

3 (9) TITLE 31.—Section 6214(c) of the Anti4 Money Laundering Act of 2020 (Public Law 116– 

5 283, div. F, 31 U.S.C. 5311 note) is amended— 

6 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

7 ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED

9 STATES CODE’’; and 

10 (B) in the subsection text, by striking 

11 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

12 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of 

13 title 5, United States Code,’’. 

14 (10) TITLE 33.—Section 12404(c)(10) of the 

15 Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Moni16 toring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)(10)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

19 ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and in20 serting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED

21 STATES CODE’’; and 

22 (B) in the paragraph text, by striking 

23 ‘‘Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 

24 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 1013 of title 5, 

25 United States Code,’’. 
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1 (11) TITLE 36.—Section 7(b) of the Women’s 

2 Suffrage Centennial Commission Act, as enacted by 

3 section 431(a)(3) of the Department of the Interior, 

4 Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

5 Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31, div. G, 36 U.S.C. 

6 note prec. 101) is amended— 

7 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED

10 STATES CODE’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

12 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

13 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

14 United States Code,’’; and 

15 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Section 

16 14(a)(2) of such Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Section 1013(a)(2) of title 5, United 

18 States Code,’’. 

19 (12) TITLE 38.— 

20 (A) Section 533(e)(4) of title 38, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Fed22 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5’’. 

24 (B) Section 547(i) of title 38, United 

25 States Code, is amended— 
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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT

3 EXEMPTION’’ and inserting ‘‘EXEMPTION

4 FROM CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5’’; and 

5 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

6 ‘‘Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com7 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Section 1013 of title 5’’. 

9 (C) Section 5305(f) of the Deborah Samp10 son Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315, title V, 

11 38 U.S.C. 1720D note) is amended— 

12 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik13 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

14 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

15 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

16 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

17 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

18 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

19 (13) TITLE 42.— 

20 (A) Section 505(d) of the Pandemic and 

21 All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Inno22 vation Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–22, 42 

23 U.S.C. 247d–5 note) is amended— 
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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

3 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

4 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

5 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

6 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

7 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

8 (B) Section 2062(c)(6) of the 21st Century 

9 Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 284s(c)(6)) is amended— 

10 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik11 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

12 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

13 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

14 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

15 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

16 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

17 (C) Section 2041(a)(1) of the 21st Century 

18 Cures Act (Public Law 114–255, div. A, 42 

19 U.S.C. 289a–2 note) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

21 App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

22 United States Code,’’. 

23 (D) Section 7022(h) of the Substance Use24 Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Re25 covery and Treatment for Patients and Commu-
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1 nities Act (Public Law 115–271, 42 U.S.C. 

2 290aa note) is amended— 

3 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik4 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

5 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

6 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

7 (ii) in the subsection text— 

8 (I) by striking ‘‘The Federal Ad9 visory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

10 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of 

11 title 5, United States Code,’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘such Act’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘such chapter’’. 

14 (E) Section 2203(c)(4) of the Water and 

15 Waste Act of 2016 (42 U.S.C. 300j–27(c)(4)) 

16 is amended— 

17 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik18 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

19 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

20 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

21 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

22 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

23 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

24 (F) Section 13103(b)(4) of the Health In25 formation Technology for Economic and Clin-
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1 ical Health Act (Public Law 111–5, div. A, title 

2 XIII, 42 U.S.C. 300jj note) is amended— 

3 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik4 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10

5 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

6 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

7 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

8 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

9 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

10 (G) Section 1128C(a)(6)(I) of the Social 

11 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7c(a)(6)(I)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

14 striking ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER

15 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; 

16 and 

17 (ii) in the subparagraph text, by strik18 ing ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

20 United States Code,’’. 

21 (H) Section 4(e) of the Recognize, Assist, 

22 Include, Support, and Engage Family Care23 givers Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–119, 42 

24 U.S.C. 3030s note) is amended— 
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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

3 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

4 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

5 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

6 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

7 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

8 (I) Section 41003(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the Fix9 ing America’s Surface Transportation Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 4370m–2(a)(1)(D)(ii)) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

12 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of 

13 title 5, United States Code’’. 

14 (J) Subsection (c)(5) of the Industries of 

15 the Future Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–283, 

16 div. H, title XCIV, §9412, 42 U.S.C. 6601 

17 note) is amended— 

18 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik19 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

20 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

21 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

22 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

23 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

24 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 
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1 (K) Section 103(g)(6)(B)(vi) of the Clean 

2 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403(g)(6)(B)(vi)) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘section 14 of the Federal 

4 Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘section 1013 of title 5, United States 

6 Code,’’. 

7 (L) Section 455(h) of the Energy Inde8 pendence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

9 17114(h)) is amended— 

10 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik11 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

12 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

13 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

14 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

15 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

16 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

17 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

18 (M) Section 311(c)(4) of the Department 

19 of Energy Office of Science Policy Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 18649(c)(4)) is amended— 

21 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik22 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10

23 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

24 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

25 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
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1 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 

2 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

3 (N) Section 10386(a) of the Research and 

4 Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 19106(a)) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

7 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

8 United States Code,’’. 

9 (O) Section 10404(d) of the Research and 

10 Development, Competition, and Innovation Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 19134(d)) is amended— 

12 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik13 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

14 ACT’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

15 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

16 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

17 ‘‘Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Com18 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘Section 1013 of title 5, United States 

20 Code,’’. 

21 (P) Section 10691(b)(5)(L) of the Re22 search and Development, Competition, and In23 novation Act (42 U.S.C. 19281(b)(5)(L)) is 

24 amended— 
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1 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

2 striking ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER

3 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; 

4 and 

5 (ii) in the subparagraph text, by strik6 ing ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

7 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 

8 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

9 (14) TITLE 43.—Section 754 of the Geospatial 

10 Data Act of 2018 (43 U.S.C. 2803) is amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘sec12 tion 10(e) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

13 Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

14 1009(e) of title 5, United States Code,’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (h)— 

16 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik17 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

18 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; 

19 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

20 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

21 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 

22 5, United States Code,’’; and 

23 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

24 ‘‘Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

25 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘Section 1013(a)(2) of title 5, 

2 United States Code,’’. 

3 (15) TITLE 47.—Section 9202(a)(1)(F)(i) of 

4 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (47 U.S.C. 

6 906(a)(1)(F)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Fed7 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United States 

9 Code,’’. 

10 (16) TITLE 49.— 

11 (A) Section 1931(b)(3) of the TSA Mod12 ernization Act (Public Law 115–254, div. K, 

13 title I, 49 U.S.C. 114 note) is amended— 

14 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik15 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

16 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

17 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

18 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

19 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

20 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

21 (B) Section 8426(c)(2)(C)(ii) of the Elijah 

22 E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act 

23 of 2020 (Public Law 116–283, div. G, 49 

24 U.S.C. 303a note) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

25 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
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1 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

2 United States Code’’. 

3 (C) Section 513(f) of the FAA Reauthor4 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254, 49 

5 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘Public Law 92–463’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 

7 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

8 (D) Section 202(g)(3) of the FAA Reau9 thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254, 

10 49 U.S.C. 44701 note) is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘Public Law 92–463’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 

12 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

13 (E) Section 333(d)(1) of the FAA Reau14 thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254, 

15 49 U.S.C. 44701 note) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

17 App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, 

18 United States Code,’’. 

19 (F) Section 103(a)(6)(D) of the Aircraft 

20 Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act 

21 (Public Law 116–260, div. V, title I, 49 U.S.C. 

22 44736 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Public 

23 Law 92–463’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of 

24 title 5, United States Code,’’. 
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1 (G) Section 213(g) of the FAA Reauthor2 ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254, 49 

3 U.S.C. 44736 note) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘Public Law 92–463’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 

5 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

6 (H) Section 44810(b)(3) of title 49, 

7 United States Code, is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

9 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of 

10 title 5’’. 

11 (I) Section 1916(e) of the TSA Moderniza12 tion Act (Public Law 115–254, div. K, title I, 

13 49 U.S.C. 44912 note) is amended— 

14 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik15 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 

16 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

17 (ii) in the subsection text, by striking 

18 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

19 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

20 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

21 (J) Section 1938(f)(3) of the TSA Mod22 ernization Act (Public Law 115–254, div. K, 

23 title I, 49 U.S.C. 44919 note) is amended— 
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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘FACA’’ and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF

3 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

4 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

5 ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

6 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 

7 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

8 (K) Section 44920(h)(1) of title 49, United 

9 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Fed10 eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United 

12 States Code,’’. 

13 (17) TITLE 50.— 

14 (A) Section 106A(d)(6) of the National Se15 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3041a(d)(6)) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory 

17 Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

19 (B) Section 1034 of the National Security 

20 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3227c) is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

22 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of 

23 title 5, United States Code,’’. 

24 (C) Section 1754(a)(13) of the Export 

25 Controls Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(a)(13)) 
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1 is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal Advisory 

2 Committee Act’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of 

3 title 5, United States Code’’. 

4 (D) Section 1758(f)(5) of the Export Con5 trols Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4817(f)(5)) is 

6 amended— 

7 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik8 ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, 

10 UNITED STATES CODE’’; and 

11 (ii) in the paragraph text, by striking 

12 ‘‘Subsections (a)(1), (a)(3), and (b) of sec13 tion 10 and sections 11, 13, and 14 of the 

14 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

15 App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (a)(1), 

16 (a)(3), and (b) of section 1009 and sec17 tions 1010, 1012, and 1013 of title 5, 

18 United States Code,’’. 

19 (18) TITLE 51.—Section 60601(d)(4) of title 

20 51, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

22 ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and in23 serting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED

24 STATES CODE’’; and 
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1 (B) in the paragraph text, by striking 

2 ‘‘Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 

3 Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 

4 1013 of title 5, United States Code,’’. 

5 (c) AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE

6 ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.— 

7 (1) TITLE 2.— 

8 (A) Section 416(d)(7) of the Congressional 

9 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

10 1416(d)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘title I of 

11 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

12 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub13 chapter I of chapter 131 of title 5, United 

14 States Code’’. 

15 (B) Section 114(b)(3)(A) of the Congres16 sional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 

17 U.S.C. 4576(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

19 U.S.C. App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 131 of 

20 title 5, United States Code,’’. 

21 (2) TITLE 10.— 

22 (A) Section 988(c)(2) of title 10, United 

23 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

24 102(f)(8) of the Ethics in Government Act of 
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1 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

2 13104(f)(8) of title 5’’. 

3 (B) Section 1599g(f)(2)(E) of title 10, 

4 United States Code, is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘the Ethics in Government Act of 1978’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘chapter 131 of title 5’’. 

7 (C) Section 235(c) of the National Defense 

8 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 

9 Law 114–328, 10 U.S.C. 4126 note) is amend10 ed by striking ‘‘the Ethics in Government Act 

11 of 1978,’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 131 of title 5, 

12 United States Code,’’. 

13 (3) TITLE 18.—Section 442(b)(3) of title 18, 

14 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the 

15 Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘chapter 131 of title 5’’. 

17 (4) TITLE 42.—Section 10691(b)(5)(I)(ii)(II) of 

18 the Research and Development, Competition, and 

19 Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 19281(b)(5)(I)(ii)(II)) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘section 109 of the Ethics in 

21 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in22 serting ‘‘section 13101 of title 5, United States 

23 Code’’. 

24 (5) TITLE 50.—Section 5306(g)(2)(E) of the 

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1 telligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 

2 2019, and 2020 (50 U.S.C. 3334(g)(2)(E)) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘the Ethics in Government Act 

4 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 

5 131 of title 5, United States Code’’. 

6 (d) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—Effective on the date of 

7 enactment of Public Law 117–286 (136 Stat. 4196)— 

8 (1) section 4(a)(149) of that Act (136 Stat. 

9 4322) is amended, in the matter before subpara10 graph (A), by striking ‘‘Vocational Education Act of 

11 1963’’ and inserting ‘‘Carl D. Perkins Career and 

12 Technical Education Act of 2006’’; and 

13 (2) paragraphs (11), (12), (15), and (16) of 

14 section 4(c) of that Act (136 Stat. 4354, 4355) are 

15 amended by striking ‘‘the Stop Trading on Congres16 sional Knowledge Act of 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

17 Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop 

18 Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act’’. 

19 SEC. 5. TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

21 (1) INCORPORATED AMENDMENT.—The term 

22 ‘‘incorporated amendment’’ means an amendment 

23 made by section 3 of this Act as described in sub24 section (b)(1). 
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1 (2) ORIGINAL AMENDMENT.—The term ‘‘origi2 nal amendment’’ means an amendment to a source 

3 provision enacted after October 19, 2021. 

4 (3) SOURCE PROVISION.—The term ‘‘source 

5 provision’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

6 5(a) of Public Law 117–286 (136 Stat. 4360). 

7 (b) SCOPE OF SECTION 3 AMENDMENTS; CUR8 RENCY.—The amendments made by section 3 of this Act 

9 do not affect any law except— 

10 (1) to incorporate original amendments into 

11 chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States 

12 Code, to keep those chapters current through Janu13 ary 26, 2024; and 

14 (2) to correct related technical errors. 

15 (c) ORIGINAL DATE OF ENACTMENT UNCHANGED.— 

16 An incorporated amendment is deemed to have been en17 acted on the date of enactment of the corresponding origi18 nal amendment. 

19 (d) EFFECT OF INCORPORATED AMENDMENTS.—An 

20 incorporated amendment— 

21 (1) does not change or affect an original 

22 amendment; and 
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1 (2) does not change or affect any law that is 

2 not otherwise changed or affected by an original 

3 amendment. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7326 

AN ACT 

To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, 

errors. chapters current and to correct related technical United States Code, as necessary to keep those