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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3846 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance transparency 
regarding reports conducted by the Inspector General of the Department 
of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2023 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself and Mr. IVEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance 
transparency regarding reports conducted by the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Homeland Security, 
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 ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Inspector General Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 
before section 812 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 811. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
‘‘(a) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Inspector General of the Department shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
any report finalized on and after such date that sub-
stantiates— 
‘‘(A) a violation of paragraph (8) or (9) of 
section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, or 
Presidential Personnel Directive-19; or 
‘‘(B) an allegation of misconduct, waste, 
fraud, abuse, or violation of policy within the 
Department involving a member of the Senior 
Executive Service or politically appointed offi-
cial of the Department. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with the 
submission to the appropriate congressional 
committees of reports pursuant to paragraph 
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(1), the Inspector General shall, consistent with 
privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protec-
tions, publish on a publicly available website of 
the Inspector General each such report. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The requirement pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) to publish reports 
does not apply if the conditions specified in sec-
tion 405(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
applies to any such report. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
of the Department may not redact any portion 
of a report submitted pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under 
subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect 
to the name or any other identifying informa-
tion, including any contextual details not rel-
evant to the audit, inspection, or evaluation at 
issue that may be used by other employees or 
officers of the Department to determine the 
identity of a whistleblower complainant, of a 
whistleblower complainant who does not consent 
to the inclusion of such in a report of the In-
spector General. 
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‘‘(b) SEMIANNUAL REPORTING.—Beginning with the 
first semiannual report transmitted to the appropriate 
committees or subcommittees of the Congress pursuant to 
section 405(b) of title 5, United States Code, that is trans-
mitted after the date of the enactment of this section, each 
such report shall be accompanied by a list of ongoing au-
dits, inspections, and evaluations of the Department, to-
gether with a narrative description relating to each such 
audit, inspection, or evaluation that identifies the scope 
of such audit, inspection, or evaluation, as the case may 
be, as well as the subject office, component, or directorate 
of the Department. For each such ongoing audit, inspec-
tion, or evaluation such narrative description shall include 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Information relating to the source of each 
such audit, inspection, or evaluation. 
‘‘(2) Information regarding whether each such 
audit, inspection, or evaluation is being conducted 
independently, jointly, concurrently, or in some other 
manner. 
‘‘(3) In the event each such audit, inspection, or 
evaluation was initiated due to a referral, the date 
on which the Inspector General notified the origi-
nator of a referral of the Inspector General’s inten-
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tion to carry out such audit, inspection, or evalua-
tion. 
‘‘(4) Information relating to the dates on 
which— 
‘‘(A) each such audit, inspection, or eval-
uation was initiated; 
‘‘(B) a draft report relating to each such 
audit, inspection, or evaluation is scheduled to 
be submitted to the Secretary for review; and 
‘‘(C) a final report relating to each such 
audit, inspection, or evaluation is scheduled to 
be submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees and published on the website of the 
Inspector General in accordance with para-
graphs (1) and (2), respectively, of subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(5) An explanation for— 
‘‘(A) any significant changes since the pre-
vious semiannual report regarding the narrative 
description of each such audit, inspection, or 
evaluation, including the identification of the 
subject office, component, or directorate of the 
Department; 
‘‘(B) a delay of more than 30 days in the 
scheduled date for submitting to the Secretary 
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a draft report for review or publishing on the 
website of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment the final report relating to each such 
audit, inspection, or evaluation; or 
‘‘(C) any such audit, inspection, or evalua-
tion terminated. 
‘‘(6) Data regarding tips and complaints made 
to the Inspector General Hotline of the Department 
or otherwise referred to the Department, including 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The number and type of tips and 
complaints regarding fraud, waste, abuse, cor-
ruption, financial crimes, or civil rights and 
civil liberty abuse, or other complaints regard-
ing criminal or non-criminal activity associated 
with fraud, waste, or abuse. 
‘‘(B) Actions taken by the Department to 
address or resolve each substantiated tip or 
complaint. 
‘‘(C) The total amount of time it took the 
Department to so address or resolve each such 
substantiated tip or complaint. 
‘‘(D) The total number of tips and com-
plaints that are substantiated, compared with 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by amending the item relating to section 811 to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 811. Office of Inspector General.’’. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF DHS.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Comp-
troller General of the United States a report on the 
policies, procedures, and internal controls established 
that ensure compliance with the Quality Standards 
for Federal Offices of Inspector General from the 
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-
ciency. 
(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later than 
one year after receipt of the report required under 
paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
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