‘‘(iii) if the recommendation for corrective 
action was initiated upon request by an indi-
vidual or entity other than the Inspector Gen-
eral, that individual or entity; 
‘‘(B) may submit the document making a rec-
ommendation for corrective action to any Member of 
Congress upon request; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the rec-
ommendation for corrective action is submitted in 
final form to the head of the establishment, post the 
document making a recommendation for corrective 
action on the website of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
authorizing an Inspector General to publicly disclose infor-
mation otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law.’’. 
(e) POSTING OF REPORTS ON WEBSITES OF OFFICES 
OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.—Section 8M(b) of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘is made 
publicly available’’ and inserting ‘‘is submitted in 
final form to the head of the Federal agency or the 
head of the designated Federal entity, as applica-
ble’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed as authorizing an 
Inspector General to publicly disclose information 
otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law.’’. 
SEC. 5. FULL AND PROMPT ACCESS TO ALL DOCUMENTS. 
Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) to have timely access to all records, re-
ports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, rec-
ommendations, or other materials available to the 
applicable establishment which relate to the pro-
grams and operations with respect to which that In-
spector General has responsibilities under this Act; 
‘‘(B) to have access under subparagraph (A) 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
pursuant to any provision of law enacted by Con-
gress that expressly— 
‘‘(i) refers to the Inspector General; and 
‘‘(ii) limits the right of access of the In-
spector General; and 
‘‘(C) except as provided in subsection (i), with 
regard to Federal grand jury materials protected 
from disclosure pursuant to rule 6(e) of the Federal 
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Rules of Criminal Procedure, to have timely access 
to such information if the Attorney General grants 
the request in accordance with subsection (h);’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as au-
thorizing an Inspector General to publicly disclose infor-
mation otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (g), as redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) If the Inspector General of an establishment 
submits a request to the head of the establishment for 
Federal grand jury materials pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1), the head of the establishment shall immediately no-
tify the Attorney General of such request. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 15 days after the date on which 
a request is submitted to the Attorney General under 
paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall determine 
whether to grant or deny the request for Federal grand 
jury materials and shall immediately notify the head of 
the establishment of such determination. The Attorney 
General shall grant the request unless the Attorney Gen-
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eral determines that granting access to the Federal grand 
jury materials would be likely to— 
‘‘(A) interfere with an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation or prosecution; 
‘‘(B) interfere with an undercover operation; 
‘‘(C) result in disclosure of the identity of a 
confidential source, including a protected witness; 
‘‘(D) pose a serious threat to national security; 
or 
‘‘(E) result in significant impairment of the 
trade or economic interests of the United States. 
‘‘(3)(A) The head of the establishment shall inform 
the Inspector General of the establishment of the deter-
mination made by the Attorney General with respect to 
the request for Federal grand jury materials. 
‘‘(B) The Inspector General of the establishment de-
scribed under subparagraph (A) may submit comments on 
the determination submitted pursuant to such subpara-
graph to the committees listed under paragraph (4) that 
the Inspector General considers appropriate. 
‘‘(4) Not later than 30 days after notifying the head 
of an establishment of a denial pursuant to paragraph (2), 
the Attorney General shall submit a statement that the 
request for Federal grand jury materials by the Inspector 
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General was denied and the reason for the denial to each 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judici-
ary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(B) The Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(C) Other appropriate committees and sub-
committees of Congress. 
‘‘(i) Subsections (a)(1)(C) and (h) shall not apply to 
requests from the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice.’’. 
SEC. 6. ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN INSPEC-
TORS GENERAL. 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
as amended by this Act, is amended— 
(1) in section 8(b)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(2) in section 8D(a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(3) in section 8E(a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(4) in section 8G(d)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or 
from accessing information available to an element 
of the intelligence community specified in subpara-
graph (D),’’ after ‘‘investigation’’; 
(5) in section 8I(a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(6) in section 8J, by striking ‘‘or 8H’’ and in-
serting ‘‘8H, or 8N’’; and 
(7) by inserting after section 8M the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8N. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary of Energy may prohibit the In-
spector General of the Department of Energy from access-
ing Restricted Data and nuclear safeguards information 
protected from disclosure under chapter 12 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.) and intel-
ligence or counterintelligence, as defined in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003), if 
the Secretary of Energy determines that the prohibition 
is necessary to protect the national security or prevent the 
significant impairment to the national security interests 
of the United States. 
‘‘(b) Not later than 7 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Energy exercises any power authorized 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Energy in writing the 
reasons for such exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of 
any such notice, the Inspector General of the Department 
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of Energy shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a statement concerning such exercise.’’. 
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REPEALS.— 
(1) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 2008.—Sec-
tion 7(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4312; 5 
U.S.C. 1211 note) is repealed. 
(2) FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOV-
ERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009.—Section 744 
of the Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (division D of Public Law 
111–8; 123 Stat. 693) is repealed. 
(b) AGENCY APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by this Act, 
is further amended— 
(A) in section 8M— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Each agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Each Federal agency 
and designated Federal entity’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘that agency’’ 
each place that term appears and in-
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serting ‘‘that Federal agency or des-
ignated Federal entity’’; 
(ii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘agency’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Federal 
agency and designated Federal enti-
ty’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘agency’’ each place that term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal agency 
and designated Federal entity’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘des-
ignated Federal entity’ and ‘head of the designated Fed-
eral entity’ have the meanings given those terms in section 
8G(a).’’; and 
(B) in section 11(c)(3)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘department, agency, or entity of the executive 
branch’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal agency or des-
ignated Federal entity (as defined in section 
8G(a))’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INSPECTORS
GENERAL 
WEBSITES.—Section 8M(b)(1) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by this Act, 
is further amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘report or 
audit (or portion of any report or audit)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘audit report, inspection report, or evaluation 
report (or portion of any such report)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘report or audit (or portion of 
that report or audit)’’ each place that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘report (or portion of that report)’’. 
(d) CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) 
EXECUTIVE
ORDER
NUMBER.—Section 
7(c)(2) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4313; 31 U.S.C. 
501 note) is amended by striking ‘‘12933’’ and in-
serting ‘‘12993’’. 
(2) PUNCTUATION AND CROSS-REFERENCES.— 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
as amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(A) in section 4(b)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘8F(a)(2)’’ each place 
that 
term 
appears 
and 
inserting 
‘‘8G(a)(2)’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘8F(a)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘8G(a)(1)’’; 
(B) in section 5(a)(5), by striking ‘‘section 
6(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(c)(2)’’; 
(C) in section 5(a)(13), by striking 
‘‘05(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘804(b)’’; 
(D) in section 6(a)(4), by striking ‘‘infor-
mation, as well as any tangible thing)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘information), as well as any tangible 
thing’’; 
(E) in section 8A(d), by striking ‘‘section 
6(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(d)’’; 
(F) in section 8G(g)(3), by striking ‘‘8C’’ 
and inserting ‘‘8D’’; and 
(G) in section 11(d)(8)(A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(7)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)(E)’’. 
(3) SPELLING.—The Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by this Act, is 
further amended— 
(A) in section 3(a), by striking ‘‘subpena’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’; 
(B) in section 6(a)(4), by striking ‘‘sub-
penas’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; 
(C) in section 8D(a)— 
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(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
penas’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘subpena’’ each place that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’; 
(D) in section 8E(a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
penas’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘subpena’’ each place that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’; and 
(E) in section 8G(d)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
pena’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’. 
SEC. 8. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act. The requirements of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act shall be carried out using amounts other-
wise appropriated. 
Æ 
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