(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(3) not later than 15 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, submit a report on the find-
ings of the study conducted under paragraph (1) to 
the committees described in paragraph (2). 
(b) REPORT ON ISSUES INVOLVING MULTIPLE OF-
FICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Council of the In-
spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency shall— 
(1) conduct an analysis of critical issues that 
involve the jurisdiction of more than one individual 
Federal agency or entity to identify— 
(A) each such issue that could be better 
addressed through greater coordination among, 
and cooperation between, individual Offices of 
Inspector General; 
(B) the best practices that can be em-
ployed by the Offices of Inspector General to in-
crease coordination and cooperation on each 
issue identified; and 
(C) any recommended statutory changes 
that would facilitate coordination and coopera-
tion among the Offices of Inspector General on 
critical issues; and
(2) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit a report on the findings 
of the analysis described in paragraph (1) to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—Section 5 of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘period for which’’ and 
inserting ‘‘period— 
‘‘(A) for which’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) for which no establishment comment 
was returned within 60 days of providing the 
report to the establishment; and 
‘‘(C) for which there are any outstanding 
unimplemented recommendations, including the 
aggregate potential cost savings of those rec-
ommendations.’’;
(B) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (16), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) statistical tables showing— 
‘‘(A) the total number of investigative re-
ports issued during the reporting period; 
‘‘(B) the total number of persons referred 
to the Department of Justice for criminal pros-
ecution during the reporting period; 
‘‘(C) the total number of persons referred 
to State and local prosecuting authorities for 
criminal prosecution during the reporting pe-
riod; and 
‘‘(D) the total number of indictments and 
criminal informations during the reporting pe-
riod that resulted from any prior referral to 
prosecuting authorities; 
‘‘(18) a description of the metrics used for de-
veloping the data for the statistical tables under 
paragraph (17); 
‘‘(19) a report on each investigation conducted 
by the Office involving a senior Government em-
ployee where allegations of misconduct were substan-
tiated, including a detailed description of— 
‘‘(A) the facts and circumstances of the in-
vestigation; and 
‘‘(B) the status and disposition of the mat-
ter, including— 
‘‘(i) if the matter was referred to the 
Department of Justice, the date of the re-
ferral; and 
‘‘(ii) if the Department of Justice de-
clined the referral, the date of the declina-
tion; 
‘‘(20) a detailed description of any instance of 
whistleblower 
retaliation, 
including 
information 
about the official found to have engaged in retalia-
tion and what, if any, consequences the establish-
ment imposed to hold that official accountable; 
‘‘(21) a detailed description of any attempt by 
the establishment to interfere with the independence 
of the Office, including— 
‘‘(A) with budget constraints designed to 
limit the capabilities of the Office; and 
‘‘(B) incidents where the establishment has 
resisted or objected to oversight activities of the 
Office or restricted or significantly delayed ac-
cess to information, including the justification 
of the establishment for such action; and 
‘‘(22) detailed descriptions of the particular cir-
cumstances of each— 
‘‘(A) inspection, evaluation, and audit con-
ducted by the Office that is closed and was not 
disclosed to the public; and 
‘‘(B) investigation conducted by the Office 
involving a senior Government employee that is 
closed and was not disclosed to the public.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) Subject to any other provision of law that would 
otherwise prohibit disclosure of such information, the in-
formation described in paragraph (1) may be provided to 
any Member of Congress upon request. 
‘‘(5) An Office may not provide to Congress or the 
public any information that reveals the personally identifi-
able information of a whistleblower under this section un-
less the Office first obtains the consent of the whistle-
blower.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end;
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘senior Government employee’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) an officer or employee in the execu-
tive branch (including a special Government 
employee as defined in section 202 of title 18, 
United States Code) who occupies a position 
classified at or above GS–15 of the General 
Schedule or, in the case of positions not under 
the General Schedule, for which the rate of 
basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 per-
cent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable 
for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and 
‘‘(B) any commissioned officer in the 
Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 and above.’’. 
(d) DUTY TO SUBMIT AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE 
PUBLIC CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS.—Section 4 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) In carrying out the duties and responsibilities 
established under this Act, whenever an Inspector General 
issues a recommendation for corrective action to the agen-
cy, the Inspector General—
(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: 
‘‘(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 
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-
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 
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 
(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 
(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-