115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2178 

AN ACT 

To require the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 

and Efficiency to make open recommendations of Inspectors General publicly available, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inspector General Rec3 ommendation Transparency Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OPEN RECOMMENDATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General Act of 

6 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 5— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 

10 total number and’’ before ‘‘a description 

11 of’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking paragraph (3) and in13 serting the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) the total number of open recommendations 

15 described in previous semiannual reports on which 

16 corrective action has not been completed, and an 

17 identification of each open recommendation, which 

18 shall include— 

19 ‘‘(A) the title of each report in which an 

20 open recommendation was issued; 

21 ‘‘(B) the assigned number of each open 

22 recommendation, as designated within a report 

23 described in subparagraph (A); 

24 ‘‘(C) a short description of each open rec25 ommendation; 
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1 ‘‘(D) the date on which each open rec2 ommendation was submitted in final form to 

3 the head of the establishment; 

4 ‘‘(E) if available, any cost savings if the 

5 corrective action with respect to the open rec6 ommendation were completed; and 

7 ‘‘(F) any other information as determined 

8 appropriate by the Inspector General that clari9 fies the progress of implementing the open rec10 ommendation or the expected timeframe for im11 plementation.’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (f)— 

13 (i) paragraph (6)(B), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (ii) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking 

16 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

17 and’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(8) the term ‘open recommendation’ means a 

21 recommendation— 

22 ‘‘(A) issued by an Inspector General of an 

23 establishment and made publicly available; 

24 ‘‘(B) on which corrective action has not 

25 been completed by the establishment during the 
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1 1-year period following the date on which the 

2 recommendation was issued; and 

3 ‘‘(C) that has not been otherwise closed by 

4 the Office.’’; and 

5 (2) in section 11(c), by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(5) ESTABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.—Not 

8 later than 18 months after the date on which the 

9 first semiannual report is required to be prepared 

10 under section 5(a) after the date of enactment of 

11 this paragraph, the Council shall establish and oper12 ate a publicly available database that— 

13 ‘‘(A) is accessible via the website of the 

14 Council in a standardized, searchable format; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) includes— 

17 ‘‘(i) the information on open rec18 ommendations that is required to be in19 cluded in each semiannual report under 

20 section 5(a)(3); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) any other information as deter22 mined necessary by the Council. 

23 ‘‘(6) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Beginning not 

24 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 

25 this paragraph, each Inspector General of an estab-
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1 lishment or a designated Federal entity (as defined 

2 in section 8G(a)) shall, not later than 30 days after 

3 the date on which the Inspector General issues a 

4 public report, submit to the Council the report for 

5 publication on a centralized website.’’. 

6 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub7 section (a)(1) shall apply with respect to the first semi8 annual report prepared under section 5(a) of the Inspector 

9 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) after the date that 

10 is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Passed the Senate May 23, 2018. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2178 

AN ACT 

To require the Council of the Inspectors General on 

available, and for other purposes. ommendations of Inspectors General publicly Integrity and Efficiency to make open rec-