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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4871 

To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a website and provide 

adequate financial resources for a more transparent Inspector General 

community. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 26 (legislative day, OCTOBER 19), 2020 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a website 

and provide adequate financial resources for a more 

transparent Inspector General community. 

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 ‘‘Oversight.gov Author5 ization Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OVER2 SIGHT.GOV; AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the Inspector Gen4 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) OVERSIGHT.GOV.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

8 ‘Office of Inspector General’ means the Office of— 

9 ‘‘(A) an Inspector General described in 

10 subparagraph (A), (B), or (I) of subsection 

11 (b)(1); 

12 ‘‘(B) the Special Inspector General for Af13 ghanistan Reconstruction established under sec14 tion 1229 of the National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 

16 110–181; 122 Stat. 379); 

17 ‘‘(C) the Special Inspector General for the 

18 Troubled Asset Relief Plan established under 

19 section 121 of title I of the Emergency Eco20 nomic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 

21 5231); and 

22 ‘‘(D) the Special Inspector General for 

23 Pandemic Recovery established under section 

24 4018 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9053). 


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1 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Council shall es2 tablish and maintain a website entitled ‘over3 sight.gov’— 

4 ‘‘(A) to consolidate all public reports from 

5 each Office of Inspector General to improve the 

6 access of the public to any audit report, inspec7 tion report, or evaluation report (or portion of 

8 any such report) made by an Office of Inspector 

9 General; and 

10 ‘‘(B) that shall include any additional re11 sources, information, and enhancements as the 

12 Council determines are necessary or desirable. 

13 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF OFFICES OF INSPEC14 TORS GENERAL.—Each Office of Inspector General 

15 that publishes an audit report, inspection report, or 

16 evaluation report (or portion of any such report) on 

17 the website of the Office of Inspector General shall 

18 contemporaneously publish the report or portion 

19 thereof on oversight.gov in a manner prescribed by 

20 the Council.’’. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 

22 purposes of carrying out the mission of the Council of the 

23 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under sec24 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

25 App.), as amended by subsection (a), there are authorized 


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1 to be appropriated into the revolving fund described in 

2 subsection (c)(3)(B) of such section $3,500,000 for fiscal 

3 year 2021, to remain available until September 30, 2030, 

4 to carry out the duties and functions of the Council. 

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend6 ments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that 

7 is 30 days after the date of receipt by the Council of the 

8 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency of an ap9 propriation for the implementation of this Act. 

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