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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5415 

To require agencies to submit reports on outstanding recommendations in 

the annual budget justification submitted to Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2018 

Mr. WALKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require agencies to submit reports on outstanding recommendations in the annual budget justification submitted to Congress. 

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 ‘‘Good Accounting Obli5 gation in Government Act’’ or the ‘‘GAO–IG Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORTS ON OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT AC7 COUNTABILITY OFFICE AND INSPECTOR GEN8 ERAL RECOMMENDATIONS. 

9 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ 

10 means— 


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1 (1) a designated Federal entity, as defined in 

2 section 8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 

3 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and 

4 (2) an establishment, as defined in section 

5 12(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

6 U.S.C. App.). 

7 (b) REQUIRED REPORTS.—In the annual budget jus8 tification submitted to Congress, as submitted with the 

9 budget of the President under section 1105 of title 31, 

10 United States Code, each agency shall include— 

11 (1) a report listing each public recommendation 

12 of the Government Accountability Office that is clas13 sified by the Government Accountability Office as 

14 ‘‘open’’ or ‘‘closed, unimplemented’’ as of the date 

15 on which the annual budget justification is sub16 mitted; 

17 (2) a report listing each public recommendation 

18 for corrective action from the Office of Inspector 

19 General of the agency for which no final action has 

20 been taken as of the date on which the annual budg21 et justification is submitted; and 

22 (3) a report on the implementation status of 

23 each public recommendation described in paragraphs 

24 (1) and (2), which shall include— 


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1 (A) with respect to a public recommenda2 tion that is classified by the Government Ac3 countability Office as ‘‘open’’ or ‘‘closed, 

4 unimplemented’’— 

5 (i) that the agency has decided not to 

6 implement, a detailed justification for the 

7 decision; or 

8 (ii) that the agency has decided to 

9 adopt, a timeline for full implementation; 

10 (B) with respect to a public recommenda11 tion for corrective action from the Office of In12 spector General of the agency for which no final 

13 action or action not recommended has been 

14 taken, an explanation of the reasons why no 

15 final action or action not recommended was 

16 taken with respect to each audit report to which 

17 the public recommendation for corrective action 

18 pertains; 

19 (C) with respect to an outstanding 

20 unimplemented public recommendation from the 

21 Office of Inspector General of the agency that 

22 the agency has decided to adopt, a timeline for 

23 implementation; and 

24 (D) an explanation for any discrepancy be25 tween— 


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1 (i) the reports submitted under para2 graphs (1) and (2); 

3 (ii) the semiannual reports submitted 

4 by the Office of Inspector General of the 

5 agency under section 5 of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and 

7 (iii) reports submitted by the Govern8 ment Accountability Office relating to pub9 lic recommendations that are classified by 

10 the Government Accountability Office as 

11 ‘‘open’’ or ‘‘closed, unimplemented’’. 

12 (c) COPIES OF SUBMISSIONS.—Each agency shall 

13 provide a copy of the information submitted under sub14 section (b) to the Government Accountability Office and 

15 the Office of Inspector General of the agency. 

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