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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3148 

To modify the semiannual reports submitted by Inspectors General, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 3, 2021 

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 modify the semiannual reports submitted by Inspectors 

General, 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 ‘‘Inspector General Re5 porting Modernization Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS. 

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

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in section 4(a)(2)— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘, including’’ after ‘‘to 

2 make recommendations’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘section 

4 5(a)’’; 

5 (2) in section 5— 

6 (A) in subsection (a)— 

7 (i) by striking paragraphs (1) through 

8 (12) and inserting the following: 

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

10 abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administra11 tion of programs and operations of the establishment 

12 and associated reports and recommendations for cor13 rective action made by the Office; 

14 ‘‘(2) an identification of each recommendation 

15 made before the reporting period, for which correc16 tive action has not been completed, including the po17 tential costs savings associated with the recommen18 dation; 

19 ‘‘(3) a summary of significant investigations 

20 closed during the reporting period; 

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

22 convictions during the reporting period resulting 

23 from investigations; 


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1 ‘‘(5) information regarding each audit, inspec2 tion, or evaluation report issued during the reporting 

3 period, including— 

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

5 evaluation; 

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

7 questioned costs (including a separate category 

8 for the dollar value of unsupported costs) and 

9 the dollar value of recommendations that funds 

10 be put to better use, including whether a man11 agement decision had been made by the end of 

12 the reporting period; 

13 ‘‘(6) information regarding any management 

14 decision made during the reporting period with re15 spect to any audit, inspection, or evaluation issued 

16 during a previous reporting period;’’; 

17 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (13) 

18 through (22) as paragraphs (7) through 

19 (16), respectively; 

20 (iii) by amending paragraph (13), as 

21 so redesignated, to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(11) a report on each investigation conducted 

23 by the Office where allegations of misconduct were 

24 substantiated involving a senior Government em25 ployee or senior official (as defined by the Office) if 


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1 the establishment does not have senior Government 

2 employees, which shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) the name of the senior Government 

4 employee or senior official, if already made pub5 lic by the Office; and 

6 ‘‘(B) a detailed description of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the facts and circumstances of 

8 the investigation; and 

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

10 matter, including— 

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

12 the Department of Justice, the date of 

13 the referral; and 

14 ‘‘(II) if the Department of Jus15 tice declined the referral, the date of 

16 the declination;’’; 

17 (iv) in paragraph (14)(B), as so re18 designated, by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 and 

20 (v) in paragraph (15), as so redesig21 nated— 

22 (I) by striking subparagraphs (A) 

23 and (B) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) any attempt by the establishment to 

2 interfere with the independence of the Office, 

3 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 6(c)(2) during the reporting period.’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (b)— 

16 (i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 

17 and inserting the following: 

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

19 and evaluation reports had not been taken before the 

20 commencement of the reporting period, statistical ta21 bles showing— 

22 ‘‘(A) with respect to management deci23 sions— 


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1 ‘‘(i) for each report, whether a man2 agement decision was made during the re3 porting period; 

4 ‘‘(ii) if a management decision was 

5 made during the reporting period, the dol6 lar value of disallowed costs and funds to 

7 be put to better use as agreed to in the 

8 management decision; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) total number of reports where a 

10 management decision was made during the 

11 reporting period and the total cor12 responding dollar value of disallowed costs 

13 and funds to be put to better use as agreed 

14 to in the management decision; and 

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

16 ‘‘(i) whether, if a management deci17 sion was made before the end of the re18 porting period, final action was taken dur19 ing the reporting period; 

20 ‘‘(ii) if final action was taken, the dol21 lar value of— 

22 ‘‘(I) disallowed costs that were 

23 recovered by management through 

24 collection, offset, property in lieu of 

25 cash, or otherwise; 


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1 ‘‘(II) disallowed costs that were 

2 written off by management; 

3 ‘‘(III) disallowed costs and funds 

4 to be put to better use not yet recov5 ered or written off by management; 

6 ‘‘(IV) recommendations that were 

7 completed; and 

8 ‘‘(V) recommendations that man9 agement has subsequently concluded 

10 should not or could not be imple11 mented or completed; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) total number of reports where 

13 final action was not taken and total num14 ber of reports where final action was 

15 taken, including the total corresponding 

16 dollar value of disallowed costs and funds 

17 to be put to better use as agreed to in the 

18 management decisions;’’; 

19 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

20 paragraph (3); 

21 (iii) in paragraph (3), as so redesig22 nated, by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(20)(A)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(14)(A)’’; and 

24 (iv) by striking paragraph (5) and in25 serting the following: 


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

2 has not been taken with respect to each audit, in3 spection, and evaluation report in which a manage4 ment decision has been made but final action has 

5 not yet been taken, except that such statement— 

6 ‘‘(A) may exclude reports if— 

7 ‘‘(i) a management decision was made 

8 within the preceding year; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) the report is under formal ad10 ministrative or judicial appeal or manage11 ment of the establishment has agreed to 

12 pursue a legislative solution; and 

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

14 in each category so excluded.’’; 

15 (C) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub16 section (g); and 

17 (D) by inserting after subsection (e) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(f) If an Office has published any portion of the re20 port or information required under subsection (a) to the 

21 website of the Office or on oversight.gov, the Office may 

22 elect to provide links to the relevant webpage or website 

23 in the report of the Office under subsection (a) in lieu 

24 of including the information in that report.’’. 

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