I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5799 
To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to require cooperation 
with Inspector General requests, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Mr. GARCIA of California (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MFUME, Ms. BROWN, Ms. 
STANSBURY, Ms. SIMON, Mr. FROST, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
CASAR, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. MIN, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, and Ms. ANSARI) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to require 
cooperation with Inspector General requests, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fast Action for Lawful 
Compliance with Oversight Needs Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘FALCON Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. COOPERATION WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL RE-
QUESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 425. Cooperation with Inspector General requests. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH IG RE-
QUESTS.—Any officer or employee of a covered agency (in-
cluding the head of such agency and any political ap-
pointee of such agency), grant recipient of a covered agen-
cy (or any subgrantee thereof at any tier), or contractor 
of a covered agency (or any subcontractor thereof at any 
tier) that receives a covered request from an Inspector 
General shall comply with such request not later than 60 
days after receiving such request. 
‘‘(b) APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any individual or entity de-
scribed under subsection (a) that receives a covered 
request from an Inspector General, and fails to com-
ply with such request in accordance with such sub-
section, may be subject to appropriate administrative 
discipline, including as applicable and when cir-
cumstances so warrant— 
‘‘(A) removal or suspension without pay 
when the circumstance warrants such discipline; 
or 
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‘‘(B) an adverse contract action. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Any discipline under this 
subsection— 
‘‘(A) with respect to an officer, employee, 
grant recipient, subgrantee, contractor, or sub-
contractor shall be at the sole discretion of the 
head of the covered agency concerned; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the head of a covered 
agency, shall be at the sole discretion of the 
President. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) WITH
RESPECT
TO
FAILURE
TO
COM-
PLY.—If an individual or entity described under sub-
section (a) receives a covered request from an In-
spector General, and the Inspector General deter-
mines that the individual or entity failed to comply 
with such request in accordance with such sub-
section, such Inspector General shall, not later than 
30 days after making such determination, submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and the 
head of such agency a notification regarding such 
noncompliance. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each notification required by 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
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‘‘(A) With respect to the individual or enti-
ty that failed to comply with the request— 
‘‘(i) the job title of such individual (in 
the case that the individual is an officer or 
employee of a covered agency), or the 
name of the individual or entity (in the 
case that the individual or entity is a con-
tractor, subcontractor, grantee, or sub-
grantee); and 
‘‘(ii) the organizational unit of the 
agency within which the individual or enti-
ty works. 
‘‘(B) The date on which the request was 
initially made. 
‘‘(C) The general subject matter of the in-
formation of requested. 
‘‘(3) FORM.—The notification required by para-
graph (1) shall be in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex containing additional infor-
mation relating to the general subject matter of any 
information requested. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘covered 
agency’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) An establishment. 
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‘‘(B) A designated Federal entity. 
‘‘(2) COVERED REQUEST.—The term ‘covered 
request’— 
‘‘(A) means a request for information, ac-
cess, or assistance under section 406, including 
an interview or access for documents; and 
‘‘(B) does not include a request for— 
‘‘(i) access to any information with re-
spect to which Congress has, in accordance 
with section 406(a)(1)(B), limited the right 
of access of the Inspector General; 
‘‘(ii) information or assistance under 
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) of section 406 
that is, in the judgment of an Inspector 
General, reasonably refused or not pro-
vided; 
‘‘(iii) access to any information or as-
sistance prohibited by— 
‘‘(I) the Secretary of Defense 
pursuant to section 408(b)(2); 
‘‘(II) the Secretary of Treasury 
pursuant to section 412; 
‘‘(III) the Attorney General pur-
suant to section 413; 
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‘‘(IV) the Secretary of Homeland 
Security pursuant to section 417; or 
‘‘(V) the Secretary of Energy 
pursuant to section 421; or 
‘‘(iv) grand jury materials— 
‘‘(I) that are protected from dis-
closure pursuant to rule 6(e) of the 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; 
and 
‘‘(II) with respect to which the 
Attorney General has not granted the 
Inspector General access. 
‘‘(3) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The term ‘Inspec-
tor General’ means an Inspector General of a cov-
ered agency.’’. 
(b) DIRECTIVES.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each covered 
agency (as such term is defined in section 425 of title 5, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a))) shall 
make explicit in writing to all personnel of the agency (and 
shall consider updating any agency personnel directives or 
policies) to specify, that if any of such personnel does not 
comply within 60 days with a request for an interview or 
access to documents from the Inspector General of the 
covered agency in accordance with section 425 of title 5, 
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United Sates Code, such personnel may be subject to ap-
propriate administrative discipline (including, as applica-
ble and when circumstances so warrant, suspension with-
out pay or removal or an adverse contract action) under 
such section. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘425. Cooperation with Inspector General requests.’’. 
(2) DEFINITION
OF
APPROPRIATE
CONGRES-
SIONAL
COMMITTEES.—Section 401 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
(5), and (6), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
redesignated, the following new paragraph (1): 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
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‘‘(C) any other relevant congressional com-
mittee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.’’. 
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