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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1723 

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence 

of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General 

on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 28, 2007 

Mrs. MCCASKILL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance 

the independence of the Inspectors General, to create 

a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

Efficiency, 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 ‘‘Improving Government 

5 Accountability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCING INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GEN2 ERAL. 

3 (a) REMOVAL FOR CAUSE.—The Inspector General 

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

5 (1) in section 3(b)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(2) An Inspector General may be removed 

9 from office prior to the expiration of his or her term 

10 only on any of the following grounds: 

11 ‘‘(A) Permanent incapacity. 

12 ‘‘(B) Inefficiency. 

13 ‘‘(C) Neglect of duty. 

14 ‘‘(D) Malfeasance. 

15 ‘‘(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct in16 volving moral turpitude.’’; and 

17 (2) in section 8G(e)— 

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(2) An Inspector General may be removed 

21 from office prior to the expiration of his or her term 

22 only on any of the following grounds: 

23 ‘‘(A) Permanent incapacity. 

24 ‘‘(B) Inefficiency. 

25 ‘‘(C) Neglect of duty. 

26 ‘‘(D) Malfeasance. 


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1 ‘‘(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct in2 volving moral turpitude.’’. 

3 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TERMS OF OFFICE.—The 

4 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in section 3 by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(e)(1) The term of office of each Inspector General 

9 shall be seven years. An individual may serve for more 

10 than one term in such office. Any individual appointed and 

11 confirmed to fill a vacancy in such position, occurring be12 fore the expiration of the term for which his or her prede13 cessor was appointed, shall be appointed and confirmed 

14 for a full seven-year term. 

15 ‘‘(2) An individual may continue to serve as Inspector 

16 General beyond the expiration of the term for which the 

17 individual is appointed until a successor is appointed and 

18 confirmed, except that such individual may not continue 

19 to serve for more than 1 year after the date on which the 

20 term would otherwise expire under paragraph (1).’’; and 

21 (2) in section 8G(c) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after 

22 ‘‘(c)’’, and by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) The term of office of each Inspector Gen24 eral shall be seven years. An individual may serve 

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1 vidual appointed to fill a vacancy in such position, 

2 occurring before the expiration of the term for which 

3 his or her predecessor was appointed, shall be ap4 pointed for a full 7-year term.’’. 

5 (c) SEPARATE COUNSELS TO INSPECTORS GEN6 ERAL.— 

7 (1) COUNSELS TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF

8 ESTABLISHMENTS.—Section 3 of the Inspector Gen9 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(e) Each Inspector General shall, in accordance with 

12 applicable laws and regulations governing the civil service, 

13 appoint a Counsel to the Inspector General who shall re14 port to the Inspector General.’’. 

15 (2) COUNSELS TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF

16 DESIGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 8G(g) of 

17 the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 

18 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(4) Each Inspector General shall, in accord20 ance with applicable laws and regulations governing 

21 appointments within the designated Federal entity, 

22 appoint a Counsel to the Inspector General who 

23 shall report to the Inspector General.’’. 

24 (d) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub25 sections (a) and (b) shall apply to any Inspector General 


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1 appointed before, on, or after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. The term of office of an Inspector General 

3 serving on such date of enactment is deemed to begin on 

4 such date of enactment. 

5 SEC. 3. DIRECT SUBMISSION OF BUDGET REQUESTS TO 

6 CONGRESS. 

7 Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

8 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(f)(1) For each fiscal year, an Inspector General 

11 may transmit an appropriation estimate and request to 

12 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 

13 to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of the 

14 Congress, in addition to any appropriation estimate and 

15 request submitted to the head of the establishment con16 cerned. 

17 ‘‘(2) The President shall include in each budget of 

18 the United States Government submitted to the Con19 gress— 

20 ‘‘(A) a separate statement of the amount of ap21 propriations requested by each Inspector General 

22 who has submitted an appropriation estimate under 

23 paragraph (1); and 

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1 spector General and the funds requested by the head 

2 of the establishment concerned.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS 

4 GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Inspector General Act of 

6 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by redesignating sec7 tions 11 and 12 in order as sections 12 and 13, and by 

8 inserting after section 10 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 11. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE IN10 SPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EF11 FICIENCY. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MISSION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as 

14 an independent entity within the executive branch 

15 the Inspectors General Council (in this section re16 ferred to as the ‘Council’). 

17 ‘‘(2) MISSION.—The mission of the Council 

18 shall be to— 

19 ‘‘(A) address integrity, economy, and effec20 tiveness issues that transcend individual Gov21 ernment agencies; and 

22 ‘‘(B) increase the professionalism and ef23 fectiveness of personnel by developing policies, 

24 standards, and approaches to aid in the estab25 lishment of a well-trained and highly skilled 


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1 workforce in the offices of the Inspectors Gen2 eral. 

3 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall consist of 

5 the following members: 

6 ‘‘(A) All Inspectors General whose offices 

7 are established under— 

8 ‘‘(i) section 2; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) section 8G. 

10 ‘‘(B) The Inspectors General of the Cen11 tral Intelligence Agency and the Government 

12 Printing Office. 

13 ‘‘(C) The Controller of the Office of Fed14 eral Financial Management. 

15 ‘‘(D) A senior level official of the Federal 

16 Bureau of Investigation designated by the Di17 rector of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

18 ‘‘(E) The Director of the Office of Govern19 ment Ethics. 

20 ‘‘(F) The Special Counsel of the Office of 

21 Special Counsel. 

22 ‘‘(G) The Deputy Director of the Office of 

23 Personnel Management. 

24 ‘‘(H) The Deputy Director for Manage25 ment of the Office of Management and Budget. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON AND EXECUTIVE CHAIR2 PERSON.— 

3 ‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON.—The 

4 Deputy Director for Management of the Office 

5 of Management and Budget shall be the Execu6 tive Chairperson of the Council. 

7 ‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON.—The Council shall 

8 elect one of the Inspectors General referred to 

9 in paragraph (1)(A) or (B) to act as Chair10 person of the Council. The term of office of the 

11 Chairperson shall be two years. 

12 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS OF CHAIRPERSON AND EXECU13 TIVE CHAIRPERSON.— 

14 ‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON.—The Ex15 ecutive Chairperson shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) preside over meetings of the 

17 Council; 

18 ‘‘(ii) provide to the heads of agencies 

19 and entities represented on the Council 

20 with summary reports of the activities of 

21 the Council; and 

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1 sist the Council in performing its func2 tions. 

3 ‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson 

4 shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) convene meetings of the Coun6 cil— 

7 ‘‘(I) at least six times each year; 

8 ‘‘(II) monthly to the extent pos9 sible; and 

10 ‘‘(III) more frequently at his or 

11 her discretion; 

12 ‘‘(ii) exercise the functions and duties 

13 of the Council under subsection (c); 

14 ‘‘(iii) appoint a Vice Chairperson to 

15 assist in carrying out the functions of the 

16 Council and act in the absence of the 

17 Chairperson, from a category of Inspectors 

18 General described in subparagraph (A)(i), 

19 (A)(ii), or (B) of subsection (b)(1), other 

20 than the category from which the Chair21 person was elected; 

22 ‘‘(iv) make such payments from funds 

23 otherwise available to the Council as may 

24 be necessary to carry out the functions of 

25 the Council; 


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1 ‘‘(v) select, appoint, and employ per2 sonnel as needed to carry out the functions 

3 of the Council subject to the availability of 

4 appropriations and the provisions of title 5, 

5 United States Code, governing appoint6 ments in the competitive service, and the 

7 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 

8 III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to 

9 classification and General Schedule pay 

10 rates; 

11 ‘‘(vi) to the extent and in such 

12 amounts as may be provided in advance by 

13 appropriations Acts, enter into contracts 

14 and other arrangements with public agen15 cies and private persons to carry out the 

16 functions and duties of the Council; 

17 ‘‘(vii) establish, in consultation with 

18 the members of the Council, such commit19 tees as determined by the Chairperson to 

20 be necessary and appropriate for the effi21 cient conduct of Council functions; and 

22 ‘‘(viii) prepare and transmit a report 

23 annually on behalf of the Council to the 

24 President on the activities of the Council. 

25 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall— 

2 ‘‘(A) continually identify, review, and dis3 cuss areas of weakness and vulnerability in 

4 Federal programs and operations with respect 

5 to fraud, waste, and abuse; 

6 ‘‘(B) develop plans for coordinated, Gov7 ernment-wide activities that address these prob8 lems and promote economy and efficiency in 

9 Federal programs and operations, including 

10 interagency and inter-entity audit, investiga11 tion, inspection, and evaluation programs and 

12 projects to deal efficiently and effectively with 

13 those problems concerning fraud and waste that 

14 exceed the capability or jurisdiction of an indi15 vidual agency or entity; 

16 ‘‘(C) develop policies that will aid in the 

17 maintenance of a corps of well-trained and 

18 highly skilled Office of Inspector General per19 sonnel; 

20 ‘‘(D) maintain an Internet Web site and 

21 other electronic systems for the benefit of all 

22 Inspectors General, as the Council determines 

23 are necessary or desirable; 

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1 sional training of auditors, investigators, inspec2 tors, evaluators, and other personnel of the var3 ious offices of Inspector General; 

4 ‘‘(F) submit recommendations of 3 individ5 uals to the appropriate appointing authority for 

6 any appointment to an office of Inspector Gen7 eral described under subsection (b)(1)(A) or 

8 (B); and 

9 ‘‘(G) make such reports to the Congress as 

10 the Chairperson determines are necessary or 

11 appropriate. 

12 ‘‘(2) ADHERENCE AND PARTICIPATION BY MEM13 BERS.—Each member of the Council should, to the 

14 extent permitted under law, and to the extent not in15 consistent with standards established by the Comp16 troller General of the United States for audits of 

17 Federal establishments, organizations, programs, ac18 tivities, and functions, adhere to professional stand19 ards developed by the Council and participate in the 

20 plans, programs, and projects of the Council. 

21 ‘‘(3) EXISTING AUTHORITIES AND RESPON22 SIBILITIES.—The creation and operation of the 

23 Council— 


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1 ‘‘(A) shall not affect the preeminent policy2 setting role of the Department of Justice in law 

3 enforcement and litigation; 

4 ‘‘(B) shall not affect the authority or re5 sponsibilities of any Government agency or enti6 ty; and 

7 ‘‘(C) shall not affect the authority or re8 sponsibilities of individual members of the 

9 Council. 

10 ‘‘(d) INTEGRITY COMMITTEE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Council shall have 

12 an Integrity Committee, which shall receive, review, 

13 and refer for investigation allegations of wrongdoing 

14 that are made against Inspectors General and cer15 tain staff members of the various Offices of Inspec16 tor General. 

17 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Integrity Committee 

18 shall consist of the following members: 

19 ‘‘(A) The official of the Federal Bureau of 

20 Investigation serving on the Council, who shall 

21 serve as Chairperson of the Integrity Com22 mittee. 

23 ‘‘(B) 3 or more Inspectors General de24 scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub25 section (b)(1) appointed by the Chairperson of 


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1 the Council, representing both establishments 

2 and designated Federal entities (as that term is 

3 defined in section 8G(a)). 

4 ‘‘(C) The Special Counsel of the Office of 

5 Special Counsel. 

6 ‘‘(D) The Director of the Office of Govern7 ment Ethics. 

8 ‘‘(3) LEGAL ADVISOR.—The Chief of the Public 

9 Integrity Section of the Criminal Division of the De10 partment of Justice, or his designee, shall serve as 

11 a legal advisor to the Integrity Committee. 

12 ‘‘(4) REFERRAL OF ALLEGATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—An Inspector Gen14 eral shall refer to the Integrity Committee any 

15 allegation of wrongdoing against a staff mem16 ber of his or her office, if— 

17 ‘‘(i) review of the substance of the al18 legation cannot be assigned to an agency 

19 of the executive branch with appropriate 

20 jurisdiction over the matter; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the Inspector General determines 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(I) an objective internal inves24 tigation of the allegation is not fea25 sible; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) an internal investigation of 

2 the allegation may appear not to be 

3 objective. 

4 ‘‘(B) STAFF MEMBER DEFINED.—In this 

5 subsection the term ‘staff member’ means— 

6 ‘‘(i) any employee of an Office of In7 spector General who reports directly to an 

8 Inspector General; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) who is designated by an Inspec10 tor General under subparagraph (C). 

11 ‘‘(C) DESIGNATION OF STAFF MEMBERS.— 

12 Each Inspector General shall annually submit 

13 to the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee 

14 a designation of positions whose holders are 

15 staff members for purposes of subparagraph 

16 (B). 

17 ‘‘(5) REVIEW OF ALLEGATIONS.—The Integrity 

18 Committee shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) review all allegations of wrongdoing it 

20 receives against an Inspector General, or 

21 against a staff member of an Office of Inspec22 tor General; and 

23 ‘‘(B) refer to the Chairperson of the Integ24 rity Committee any allegation of wrongdoing 

25 determined by the Integrity Committee to be 


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1 meritorious that cannot be referred to an agen2 cy of the executive branch with appropriate ju3 risdiction over the matter. 

4 ‘‘(6) AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGA5 TIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Chairperson of 

7 the Integrity Committee shall cause a thorough 

8 and timely investigation of each allegation re9 ferred under paragraph (5)(B) to be conducted 

10 in accordance with this paragraph. 

11 ‘‘(B) RESOURCES.—At the request of the 

12 Chairperson of the Integrity Committee, the 

13 head of each agency or entity represented on 

14 the Council— 

15 ‘‘(i) may provide resources necessary 

16 to the Integrity Committee; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) may detail employees from that 

18 agency or entity to the Integrity Com19 mittee, subject to the control and direction 

20 of the Chairperson, to conduct an inves21 tigation pursuant to this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(7) PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) STANDARDS APPLICABLE.—Investiga24 tions initiated under this subsection shall be 

25 conducted in accordance with the most current 


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1 Quality Standards for Investigations issued by 

2 the Council or by its predecessors (the Presi3 dent’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency and 

4 the Executive Council on Integrity and Effi5 ciency). 

6 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL POLICIES AND PROCE7 DURES.—The Integrity Committee, in conjunc8 tion with the Chairperson of the Council, shall 

9 establish additional policies and procedures nec10 essary to ensure fairness and consistency in— 

11 ‘‘(i) determining whether to initiate 

12 an investigation; 

13 ‘‘(ii) conducting investigations; 

14 ‘‘(iii) reporting the results of an inves15 tigation; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) providing the person who is the 

17 subject of an investigation with an oppor18 tunity to respond to any Integrity Com19 mittee report. 

20 ‘‘(C) REPORTS.—The Chairperson of the 

21 Integrity Committee shall report to the Execu22 tive Chairperson of the Council the results of 

23 any investigation that substantiates any allega24 tion certified under paragraph (5)(B). 


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1 ‘‘(8) NO RIGHT OR BENEFIT.—This subsection 

2 is not intended to create any right or benefit, sub3 stantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a per4 son against the United States, its agencies, its offi5 cers, or any person. 

6 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this section 

7 apply only to the Inspectors General (and their offices) 

8 listed in subsection (b)(1)(A) and (B).’’. 

9 (b) EXISTING EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—Executive 

10 Order 12805, dated May 14, 1992, Executive Order 

11 12805, dated March 21, 1996, and Executive Order 

12 12993, dated March 26, 1996, shall have no force or ef13 fect. 

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (1) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—The 

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

17 amended— 

18 (A) in sections 2(1), 4(b)(2), and 

19 8G(a)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘section 11(2)’’ each 

20 place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 12(2)’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) in section 8G(a), in the matter pre23 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 11’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘section 12’’. 


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1 (2) TITLE 31, U.S.C.—Section 1105(a) of title 

2 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the 

3 first paragraph (33) and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(33) a separate appropriation account for ap5 propriations for the Inspectors General Council, and, 

6 included in that account, a separate statement of the 

7 aggregate amount of appropriations requested for 

8 each academy maintained by the Inspectors General 

9 Council.’’. 

10 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF CASH BONUS OR AWARDS. 

11 Section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

12 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(e) An Inspector General (as defined under section 

15 8G(a)(6) or 11(3)) may not receive any cash award or 

16 cash bonus, including any cash award under chapter 45 

17 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 

18 SEC. 6. INSPECTORS GENERAL AT LEVEL III OF EXECUTIVE 

19 SCHEDULE. 

20 (a) LEVEL IV POSITIONS.—Section 5315 of title 5, 

21 United States Code, is amended by striking each item re22 lating to the following positions: 

23 (1) Inspector General, Department of Edu24 cation. 

25 (2) Inspector General, Department of Energy. 


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1 (3) Inspector General, Department of Health 

2 and Human Services. 

3 (4) Inspector General, Department of Agri4 culture. 

5 (5) Inspector General, Department of Housing 

6 and Urban Development. 

7 (6) Inspector General, Department of Labor. 

8 (7) Inspector General, Department of Trans9 portation. 

10 (8) Inspector General, Department of Veterans 

11 Affairs. 

12 (9) Inspector General, Department of Home13 land Security. 

14 (10) Inspector General, Department of Defense. 

15 (11) Inspector General, Department of State. 

16 (12) Inspector General, Department of Com17 merce. 

18 (13) Inspector General, Department of the In19 terior. 

20 (14) Inspector General, Department of Justice. 

21 (15) Inspector General, Department of the 

22 Treasury. 

23 (16) Inspector General, Agency for Inter24 national Development. 


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1 (17) Inspector General, Environmental Protec2 tion Agency. 

3 (18) Inspector General, Export-Import Bank. 

4 (19) Inspector General, Federal Emergency 

5 Management Agency. 

6 (20) Inspector General, General Services Ad7 ministration. 

8 (21) Inspector General, National Aeronautics 

9 and Space Administration. 

10 (22) Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory 

11 Commission. 

12 (23) Inspector General, Office of Personnel 

13 Management. 

14 (24) Inspector General, Railroad Retirement 

15 Board. 

16 (25) Inspector General, Small Business Admin17 istration. 

18 (26) Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Au19 thority. 

20 (27) Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insur21 ance Corporation. 

22 (28) Inspector General, Resolution Trust Cor23 poration. 

24 (29) Inspector General, Central Intelligence 

25 Agency. 


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1 (30) Inspector General, Social Security Admin2 istration. 

3 (31) Inspector General, United States Postal 

4 Service. 

5 (b) LEVEL III POSITIONS.—Section 5314 of title 5, 

6 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Education. 

9 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Energy. 

10 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Health and 

11 Human Services. 

12 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Agriculture. 

13 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Housing 

14 and Urban Development. 

15 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Labor. 

16 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Transpor17 tation. 

18 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Veterans 

19 Affairs. 

20 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Homeland 

21 Security. 

22 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Defense. 

23 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of State. 

24 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Commerce. 

25 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of the Interior. 


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1 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of Justice. 

2 ‘‘Inspector General, Department of the Treas3 ury. 

4 ‘‘Inspector General, Agency for International 

5 Development. 

6 ‘‘Inspector General, Corporation for Community 

7 and National Service. 

8 ‘‘Inspector General, Environmental Protection 

9 Agency. 

10 ‘‘Inspector General, Export-Import Bank. 

11 ‘‘Inspector General, Federal Emergency Man12 agement Agency. 

13 ‘‘Inspector General, General Services Adminis14 tration. 

15 ‘‘Inspector General, National Aeronautics and 

16 Space Administration. 

17 ‘‘Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Com18 mission. 

19 ‘‘Inspector General, Office of Personnel Man20 agement. 

21 ‘‘Inspector General, Railroad Retirement 

22 Board. 

23 ‘‘Inspector General, Small Business Administra24 tion. 


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1 ‘‘Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Author2 ity. 

3 ‘‘Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance 

4 Corporation. 

5 ‘‘Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agen6 cy. 

7 ‘‘Inspector General, Social Security Administra8 tion. 

9 ‘‘Inspector General, United States Postal Serv10 ice.’’. 

11 (c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section 

12 shall have the effect of reducing the rate of pay of any 

13 individual serving as an Inspector General on the effective 

14 date of this section. 

15 SEC. 7. QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS GENERAL FOR 

16 DESIGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES. 

17 Section 8G(c) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

18 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: ‘‘Each Inspector General shall be appointed with20 out regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis 

21 of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, audit22 ing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public 

23 administration, or investigations.’’ . 


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1 SEC. 8. REMOVAL OF INSPECTORS GENERAL FOR DES2 IGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES. 

3 Section 8G(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

4 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘shall promptly 

5 communicate in writing the reasons for any such removal 

6 or transfer to both Houses of the Congress’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘shall communicate in writing the reasons for any such 

8 removal or transfer to both Houses of the Congress, not 

9 later than 15 days before the removal or transfer’’. 

10 SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS ENHANCEMENTS. 

11 (a) OFFICES AS DISCRETE AGENCIES.—Section 6(d) 

12 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 

13 amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(d)(1)(A) For purposes of applying the provisions 

15 of law identified in subparagraph (B)— 

16 ‘‘(i) each Office of Inspector General shall 

17 be considered to be a separate agency; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the Inspector General who is the head 

19 of an office referred to in clause (i) shall, with 

20 respect to such office, have the functions, pow21 ers, and duties of an agency head or appointing 

22 authority under such provisions. 

23 ‘‘(B) This paragraph applies with respect to the fol24 lowing provisions of title 5, United States Code: 

25 ‘‘(i) Subchapter II of chapter 35. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Sections 8335(b), 8336, 8414, and 

2 8425(b). 

3 ‘‘(iii) All provisions relating to the Senior Exec4 utive Service (as determined by the Office of Per5 sonnel Management), subject to paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(2) For purposes of applying section 4507(b) of title 

7 5, United States Code, paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall be ap8 plied by substituting ‘the Council of the Inspectors Gen9 eral on Integrity and Efficiency (established by section 11 

10 of the Inspector General Act) shall’ for ‘the Inspector Gen11 eral who is the head of an office referred to in clause (i) 

12 shall, with respect to such office,’.’’. 

13 (b) INSPECTORS GENERAL OF DESIGNATED FED14 ERAL ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, the Inspector General of each designated Federal en16 tity (as those terms are defined under section 8G of the 

17 Inspector General Act of 1978) shall, for pay and all other 

18 purposes, be classified at a grade, level, or rank designa19 tion, as the case may be, comparable to those of a majority 

20 of the senior staff members of such designated Federal 

21 entity (such as, but not limited to, a General Counsel, 

22 Deputy Director, or Chief of Staff) that report directly 

23 to the head of such designated Federal entity. 


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1 (c) SUBPOENA POWER.—Section 6(a)(4) of the In2 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘in any medium (including 

5 electronically stored information, as well as any tan6 gible thing)’’ after ‘‘other data’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘subpena’’ and inserting ‘‘sub8 poena’’. 

9 (d) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY FOR DES10 IGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 6(e) of the In11 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘appointed 

14 under section 3’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(9) In this subsection the term ‘Inspector Gen17 eral’ means an Inspector General appointed under 

18 section 3 or an Inspector General appointed under 

19 section 8G.’’. 

20 SEC. 10. PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT. 

21 Section 3801(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, 

22 is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 

23 end of subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi24 colon at the end of subparagraph (D), and by adding at 

25 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(E) a designated Federal entity (as such 

2 term is defined under section 8G(a)(2) of the 

3 Inspector General Act of 1978).’’. 

4 SEC. 11. APPLICATION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORTING RE5 QUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INSPECTION 

6 REPORTS AND EVALUATION REPORTS. 

7 Section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

8 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

9 (1) in each of subsections (a)(6), (a)(8), (a)(9), 

10 (b)(2), and (b)(3)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘, inspection reports, and 

12 evaluation reports’’ after ‘‘audit reports’’ the 

13 first place it appears; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘audit’’ the second place it 

15 appears; and 

16 (2) in subsection (a)(10) by inserting ‘‘, inspec17 tion reports, and evaluation reports’’ after ‘‘audit re18 ports’’. 

19 SEC. 12. INFORMATION ON WEBSITES OF OFFICES OF IN20 SPECTORS GENERAL. 

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

22 means a Federal agency as defined under section 11(5) 

23 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

24 (b) DIRECT LINKS TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF25 FICES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall establish 

2 and maintain on the homepage of the website of that 

3 agency, a direct link to the website of the Office of 

4 the Inspector General of that agency. 

5 (2) ACCESSIBILITY.—The direct link under 

6 paragraph (1) shall be obvious and facilitate accessi7 bility to the website of the Office of the Inspector 

8 General. 

9 (c) REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTORS GENERAL

10 WEBSITES.— 

11 (1) POSTING OF REPORTS AND AUDITS.—The 

12 Inspector General of each agency shall— 

13 (A) not later than 1 day after any report 

14 or audit (or portion of any report or audit) is 

15 made publicly available, post that report or 

16 audit (or portion of that report or audit) on the 

17 website of the Office of the Inspector General; 

18 and 

19 (B) ensure that any posted report or audit 

20 (or portion of that report or audit) described 

21 under subparagraph (A)— 

22 (i) is easily accessible from a direct 

23 link on the homepage of the website of the 

24 Office of the Inspector General; 


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1 (ii) includes a summary of the find2 ings of the Inspector General; and 

3 (iii) is in a format that— 

4 (I) is searchable, sortable, and 

5 downloadable; and 

6 (II) facilitates printing by indi7 viduals of the public accessing the 

8 website. 

9 (2) OPTION TO RECEIVE RELATED INFORMA10 TION.—The Inspector General of each agency shall 

11 provide a service on the website of the Office of the 

12 Inspector General through which— 

13 (A) an individual may elect to automati14 cally receive information (including subsequent 

15 reports or audits) relating to any posted report 

16 or audit (or portion of that report or audit) de17 scribed under paragraph (1)(A); and 

18 (B) the Inspector General shall electroni19 cally transmit the information or notice of the 

20 availability of the information to that individual 

21 without further request. 

22 (3) REPORTING OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND

23 ABUSE.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

25 of each agency shall establish and maintain a 


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1 direct link on the homepage of the website of 

2 the Office of the Inspector General for individ3 uals to report waste, fraud, and abuse. 

4 (B) ANONYMITY.—The Inspector General 

5 of each agency shall take such actions as nec6 essary to ensure the anonymity of any indi7 vidual making a report under this paragraph. 

8 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each 

10 agency and the Inspector General of each agency shall im11 plement this section. 

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