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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3766 

To prohibit the President from blocking Inspectors General from reporting 

to Congress and to require a report to Congress if the Department 

of the Treasury or the White House does not provide timely access 

to records, documents, and other materials relating to the implementation 

and execution of the CARES Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19, 2020 

Mr. TESTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the President from blocking Inspectors General 

from reporting to Congress and to require a report to 

Congress if the Department of the Treasury or the White 

House does not provide timely access to records, documents, and other materials relating to the implementation and execution of the CARES Act, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seeking Inspector Gen5 eral’s Honest Testimony Act’’ or the ‘‘SIGHT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE WITH ACCESS TO RECORDS UNDER 

2 THE CARES ACT. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

4 (1) the term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Pandemic 

5 Response Accountability Committee established 

6 under section 15010 of division B of the Coronavi7 rus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 

8 Law 116–136); 

9 (2) the term ‘‘covered records’’ means all 

10 records, documents, and other materials in the cus11 tody or possession of the Department or the White 

12 House, as applicable, relating to the implementation 

13 and execution of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 

14 Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136); 

15 (3) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart16 ment of the Treasury; and 

17 (4) the term ‘‘Special Inspector General’’ means 

18 the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recov19 ery appointed under section 4018 of the Coronavirus 

20 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 

21 116–136). 

22 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—If the Inspector 

23 General of the Department, the Committee, or the Special 

24 Inspector General determines that the Department or the 

25 White House has not complied with the requirement to 

26 provide timely access to covered records or has prevented 


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1 or impeded the access of the Inspector General of the De2 partment, the Committee, or the Special Inspector General 

3 to those covered records— 

4 (1) the Inspector General of the Department, 

5 the Committee, or the Special Inspector General, as 

6 applicable, shall submit to Congress a report on the 

7 noncompliance or lack of access not later than 5 

8 days after the date on which the Department or the 

9 White House, as applicable, does not comply with 

10 the requirement or prevents such access; and 

11 (2) if the Department has not complied with 

12 the requirement or has prevented or impeded such 

13 access, there shall be rescinded from the Office of 

14 the Secretary of the Department any amounts ap15 propriated to that Office for the fiscal year and de16 posited into the general fund of the Treasury until 

17 the Department complies with the requirement. 

18 SEC. 3. REPORTING ON CARES ACT. 

19 (a) DEFINITION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—In this 

20 section, the term ‘‘Inspector General’’ means— 

21 (1) an Inspector General of an establishment or 

22 a designated Federal entity (as defined in sections 

23 12 and 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

24 U.S.C. App.)), respectively; and 


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1 (2) the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 

2 Recovery established under section 4018 of the 

3 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 

4 (Public Law 116–136). 

5 (b) PROHIBITION.—The President shall not block or 

6 otherwise prevent an Inspector General from reporting to 

7 Congress on issues related to the implementation of the 

8 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 

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