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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1016 

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of 

Inspector General in the Executive Office of the President, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2017 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. RASKIN, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish 

an Office of Inspector General in the Executive Office 

of the President, 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 ‘‘Federal Executive Ac5 countability Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IN THE EXECU7 TIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the Inspector 

2 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or the 

4 Director of the National Reconnaissance Of5 fice’’ and inserting ‘‘the Director of the Na6 tional Reconnaissance Office; or the President 

7 (with respect to the Executive Office of the 

8 President)’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or the 

10 National Reconnaissance Office’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘the National Reconnaissance Office, or the 

12 Executive Office of the President’’. 

13 (2) APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

14 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the President shall appoint an in16 dividual as the Inspector General of the Executive 

17 Office of the President in accordance with the re18 quirements of section 3(a) of the Inspector General 

19 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

20 (b) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—The Inspector General 

21 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after 

22 section 8M the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 8N. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE EXECU2 TIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. 

3 ‘‘(a) AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND ISSUANCE OF

4 SUBPOENAS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY, DIRECTION, AND CONTROL.— 

6 Notwithstanding the last two sentences of section 

7 3(a), the Inspector General of the Executive Office 

8 of the President shall be under the authority, direc9 tion, and control of the President with respect to au10 dits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, 

11 that require access to information concerning any of 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) The identity of a confidential source, 

14 including a protected witness. 

15 ‘‘(B) An intelligence or counterintelligence 

16 matter. 

17 ‘‘(C) An undercover operation. 

18 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.— 

19 With respect to the information described in para20 graph (1), the President may prohibit the Inspector 

21 General of the Executive Office of the President 

22 from initiating, carrying out, or completing any 

23 audit or investigation, or from issuing any subpoena, 

24 after the Inspector General has decided to initiate, 

25 carry out, or complete such audit or investigation, or 

26 to issue such subpoena, if the President determines 


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1 that such prohibition is necessary to prevent the dis2 closure of any information described in paragraph 

3 (1). 

4 ‘‘(3) NOTICE AFTER PROHIBITION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) TO INSPECTOR GENERAL.—If the 

6 President exercises any power under paragraph 

7 (2), not later than 30 days after exercising any 

8 such power, the President shall notify the In9 spector General of the Executive Office of the 

10 President in writing, stating the reasons for ex11 ercising that power. 

12 ‘‘(B) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

13 days after receiving a notice under subpara14 graph (A), the Inspector General of the Execu15 tive Office of the President shall transmit a 

16 copy of the notice to the chair and ranking 

17 member of each of the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) The Committee on Oversight and 

19 Government Reform of the House of Rep20 resentatives. 

21 ‘‘(ii) The Committee on the Judiciary 

22 of the House of Representatives. 

23 ‘‘(iii) The Committee on Homeland 

24 Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

25 Senate. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) The Committee on the Judiciary 

2 of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(v) Any other appropriate committee 

4 or subcommittee of Congress. 

5 ‘‘(b) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE IN7 CLUDED.—Any semiannual report prepared by the 

8 Inspector General of the Executive Office of the 

9 President under section 5(a) shall also include the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(A) With respect to each significant rec12 ommendation on which corrective action has 

13 been completed, a description of the corrective 

14 action. 

15 ‘‘(B) A certification of whether the Inspec16 tor General of the Executive Office of the Presi17 dent has had full and direct access to all infor18 mation relevant to the performance of the func19 tions of the Inspector General. 

20 ‘‘(C) A description of any audit, inspection, 

21 or evaluation occurring during the reporting pe22 riod in which the Inspector General of the Ex23 ecutive Office of the President could not obtain 

24 relevant information due to an exercise of power 

25 by the President under subsection (a)(2). 


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1 ‘‘(D) Such recommendations as the Inspec2 tor General of the Executive Office of the Presi3 dent considers appropriate with respect to effi4 ciency in the administration of programs and 

5 operations undertaken by the President, and 

6 the detection and elimination of fraud, waste, 

7 and abuse in such programs and operations. 

8 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION TO PRESIDENT.—Notwith9 standing section 5(b), the Inspector General of the 

10 Executive Office of the President shall submit to the 

11 President the semiannual reports prepared under 

12 section 5(a), including the additional information re13 quired under paragraph (1), not later than April 30 

14 and October 31 of each year. 

15 ‘‘(3) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

16 than 30 days after receiving a semiannual report 

17 under paragraph (2), the President shall transmit 

18 the semiannual report, including any comments the 

19 President considers appropriate, to the chair and 

20 ranking member of each of the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) The Committee on Oversight and 

22 Government Reform of the House of Represent23 atives. 

24 ‘‘(B) The Committee on the Judiciary of 

25 the House of Representatives. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The Committee on Homeland Secu2 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(D) The Committee on the Judiciary of 

4 the Senate.’’. 

5 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

6 The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘subpena’’ each place the term 

9 appears and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘subpenas’’ each place the term 

11 appears and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; 

12 (3) in section 8G(a)(1)— 

13 (A) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

14 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

15 through (F) as subparagraphs (C) through (E), 

16 respectively; and 

17 (4) in section 8J, by striking ‘‘8E’’ and all that 

18 follows through ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘8E, 8F, 

19 8H, or 8N of this Act’’. 

20 (d) OVER-CLASSIFICATION AUDIT.— 

21 (1) EVALUATIONS REQUIRED.—The Inspector 

22 General of the Executive Office of the President, in 

23 consultation with the Information Security Oversight 

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1 istration, shall carry out two evaluations of the Ex2 ecutive Office of the President— 

3 (A) to assess whether applicable classifica4 tion policies, procedures, rules, and regulations 

5 have been adopted, followed, and effectively ad6 ministered within the Executive Office of the 

7 President; and 

8 (B) to identify policies, procedures, rules, 

9 regulations, or management practices that may 

10 be contributing to persistent misclassification of 

11 material within the Executive Office of the 

12 President. 

13 (2) DEADLINES FOR EVALUATIONS.— 

14 (A) INITIAL EVALUATION.—The first eval15 uation required under paragraph (1) shall be 

16 completed not later than one year after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (B) SECOND EVALUATION.—The second 

19 evaluation required under paragraph (1) shall 

20 review progress made pursuant to the results of 

21 the first evaluation and shall be completed not 

22 later than one year after the date on which the 

23 first evaluation is completed. 

24 (3) COORDINATION.—The Inspector General of 

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1 nate with other Inspector Generals and the Informa2 tion Security Oversight Office to ensure that evalua3 tions follow a consistent methodology, as appro4 priate, that allows for cross-agency comparisons. 

5 (4) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 

7 after the completion of an evaluation, the In8 spector General of the Executive Office of the 

9 President shall submit to the appropriate enti10 ties a report on that evaluation. 

11 (B) CONTENT.—Each report submitted 

12 under subparagraph (A) shall include a descrip13 tion of— 

14 (i) the policies, procedures, rules, reg15 ulations, or management practices, if any, 

16 identified by the Inspector General under 

17 paragraph (1)(b); and 

18 (ii) the recommendations, if any, of 

19 the Inspector General to address any such 

20 identified policies, procedures, rules, regu21 lations, or management practices. 

22 (5) APPROPRIATE ENTITIES DEFINED.—In this 

23 subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate entities’’ means 

24 each of the following: 


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1 (A) The Committee on Oversight and Gov2 ernment Reform of the House of Representa3 tives. 

4 (B) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 

5 House of Representatives. 

6 (C) The Committee on Homeland Security 

7 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

8 (D) The Committee on the Judiciary of the 

9 Senate. 

10 (E) Any other appropriate committee or 

11 subcommittee of Congress. 

12 (F) The President. 

13 (G) The Director of the Information Secu14 rity Oversight Office. 

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