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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6187 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6187

To require the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to submit 
an annual report on oversight of fraud, waste, and abuse, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2023

 Mr. Frost (for himself and Mr. Mills) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to submit 
an annual report on oversight of fraud, waste, and abuse, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Spending Oversight Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT ON 
              OVERSIGHT OF FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.

    (a) Report Required.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense shall submit to Congress and the Comptroller General of the 
United States a detailed annual report containing--
            (1) a description of the budget of the Department of 
        Defense, the total amount and dollar value of oversight 
        investigations into fraud waste and abuse conducted by the 
        Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, and the 
        total amount and dollar value of oversight investigations into 
        fraud, waste, and abuse conducted by the Offices of Inspector 
        General of each of the military departments;
            (2) statistical tables showing--
                    (A) the total number and dollar value of oversight 
                investigations completed and pending, set forth 
                separately by type of oversight investigation;
                    (B) the priority given to each type of oversight 
                investigation;
                    (C) the length of time taken for each type of 
                oversight investigation, both from the date of receipt 
                of a qualified incurred cost submission and from the 
                date the oversight investigation begins;
                    (D) the aggregate cost of performing oversight 
                investigations, set forth separately by type of 
                oversight investigation; and
                    (E) the total number and dollar value of oversight 
                investigations that are pending for a period longer 
                than one year as of the end of the fiscal year covered 
                by the report, and the fiscal year in which the 
                qualified submission was received, set forth separately 
                by type of oversight investigation;
            (3) a summary of any recommendations of actions or 
        resources needed to improve the oversight investigation 
        process; and
            (4) any other matters the Inspector General considers 
        appropriate.
    (b) Public Availability.--Each report submitted under subsection 
(a) shall be made publicly available.
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