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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4382 

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the Council of 

Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to include additional information in requests and reports to Congress, to make information available to Congress regarding allegations closed without referral, to expand 

the membership of the Council, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 

Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. MEADOWS) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 

Reform 

A BILL 

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require 

the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to include additional information in requests and 

reports to Congress, to make information available to 

Congress regarding allegations closed without referral, 

to expand the membership of the Council, 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 ‘‘Integrity Committee 

3 Transparency Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 

5 REQUESTS AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

6 Section 11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

7 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii), by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘, the Office of Inspec10 tor General involved, the length of time the Integrity 

11 Committee has been evaluating the allegation of 

12 wrongdoing, and a description of any previous writ13 ten notice provided under this clause with respect to 

14 the allegation of wrongdoing, including the descrip15 tion provided for why additional time was needed.’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (8)(A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘or 

17 corrective action’’ after ‘‘disciplinary action’’; and 

18 (3) in paragraph (9)(A), by striking the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘, including with respect to 

20 each Office of Inspector General with more than 50 

21 employees, the number of allegations received with 

22 respect to each such Office.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS RE2 GARDING ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING 

3 CLOSED WITHOUT REFERRAL. 

4 (a) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CON5 GRESS.—Section 11(d)(5)(B) of the Inspector General Act 

6 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(iii) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION

9 TO CONGRESS.—If the Integrity Committee 

10 closes the allegation of wrongdoing without 

11 referral to the Chairperson of the Integrity 

12 Committee to initiate an investigation, the 

13 Chairperson of the Integrity Committee 

14 shall, not later than 30 days after receiving 

15 a request from the Chair or ranking mi16 nority member of a Committee of Con17 gress, provide such Chair or ranking mi18 nority member a written description of the 

19 nature of the allegation of wrongdoing and 

20 how the Integrity Committee evaluated the 

21 allegation of wrongdoing for referral. 

22 ‘‘(iv) REQUIREMENT TO FORWARD.— 

23 With respect to any written description 

24 provided under clause (iii), the Integrity 

25 Committee shall forward such description 


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1 to the members of the Integrity Committee 

2 and to the Chairperson of the Council.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. ORAL BRIEFING REQUIREMENT. 

4 Section 11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

5 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(14) ORAL BRIEFING.— 

8 ‘‘(A) SEMIANNUAL ORAL BRIEFINGS FOR

9 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the date of the enactment of the In11 tegrity Committee Transparency Act of 2019, 

12 and every 6 months thereafter, the Integrity 

13 Committee shall seek to provide an oral briefing 

14 to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 

15 the House of Representatives and the Com16 mittee on Homeland Security and Govern17 mental Affairs of the Senate on the activities of 

18 the Integrity Committee, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) the nature and number of the al20 legations received by the Integrity Council 

21 in the preceding 6 months, including the 

22 nature and number of allegations received 

23 by the Integrity Council in the preceding 6 

24 months with respect to each Office of In25 spector General; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the nature and number of the al2 legations the Integrity Council closed with3 out referral in the preceding 6 months and 

4 the reason why each allegation was closed 

5 without referral; 

6 ‘‘(iii) the nature of any difficulty en7 countered by the Integrity Council when 

8 receiving, evaluating, or referring for inves9 tigation allegations in the preceding 6 

10 months; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) trends in the nature and number 

12 of allegations received by the Integrity 

13 Council overall and with respect to each 

14 Office of the Inspector General in the pre15 ceding 5 years, respectively. 

16 ‘‘(B) OTHER BRIEFINGS.—The Integrity 

17 Committee shall provide an oral briefing of 

18 identical content to any other Committee of 

19 Congress upon the request of such Com20 mittee.’’. 

21 SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP OF CIGIE AND INTEGRITY COM22 MITTEE. 

23 Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

24 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(J) The former Inspector General ap4 pointed under paragraph (4).’’; 

5 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(A) APPOINTMENT.—The Chairperson of 

8 the Council shall appoint a former Inspector 

9 General who served at an office established 

10 under section 2 or 8G to serve as a member of 

11 the Council. 

12 ‘‘(B) INITIAL TERM.—The initial term of 

13 the former Inspector General appointed under 

14 subparagraph (A) shall be 3 years. 

15 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL TERM.—The Chair16 person of the Council may reappoint the former 

17 Inspector General appointed under subpara18 graph (A) to serve for an additional 3-year 

19 term. 

20 ‘‘(D) RULES.— 

21 ‘‘(i) LENGTH OF TERM UNAF22 FECTED.—The term of the former Inspec23 tor General appointed under subparagraph 

24 (A) shall not be affected if the Chairperson 

25 of the Council who appointed such former 


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1 Inspector General is no longer serving as 

2 the Chairperson of the Council at any 

3 point during such term. 

4 ‘‘(ii) NO EFFECT OF ELECTION OF

5 NEW CHAIRPERSON.—If a new Chairperson 

6 of the Council is elected during the initial 

7 or additional term of the former Inspector 

8 General appointed under subparagraph 

9 (A), the new Chairperson may not appoint 

10 a new former Inspector General to serve as 

11 a member of the Council until the expira12 tion of the initial or additional term of the 

13 former Inspector General, as so may be the 

14 case. 

15 ‘‘(E) COMPENSATION.—The former In16 spector General appointed under subparagraph 

17 (A) shall not be compensated for services ren18 dered under this Act and shall not be consid19 ered a Federal employee for any purpose other 

20 than for purposes of 81 (relating to compensa21 tion for injury) of title 5, United States Code, 

22 and sections 2671 through 2680 of title 28 (re23 lating to tort claims) of title 18, United States 

24 Code.’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by adding at the 

2 end the following: 

3 ‘‘(iv) The former Inspector General 

4 appointed under subsection (b)(4).’’. 

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