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(2) GAO NON-CUSTODIAN
STUDY.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall— 
(A) conduct a study of not less than five 
agencies to assess the feasibility of imple-
menting a policy requiring non-custodians to 
search for records to meet the requirements of 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and 
requests for documents from Congress; and 
(B) submit a report on such assessment to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
detailing the results of such study. 
(3) OFFICE
OF
GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 
SERVICES REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of 
Government Information Services shall submit to 
Congress a report on agency compliance with the re-
quirements of this subsection. 
(4) AGENCY SYSTEM OF RECORDS NOTICE RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency 
shall publish in the Federal Register a system of 
records notice as defined in section 552a of title 5, 
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United States Code, which allows the Office of Gov-
ernment Information Services access to records to 
the extent necessary to meet the requirements of 
this Act, and the amendments made by this Act. 
(5) REPORT
ON
NONCOMPLIANCE.—Not later 
than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the head of an agency that does not meet 
the requirements of paragraph (1) shall submit to 
Congress a report on the reason for noncompliance. 
(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL
REVIEW
FOR
NON-
COMPLIANCE.—Any agency that fails to comply with 
the requirements of this subsection shall be reviewed 
by the Office of Inspector General of such agency 
for compliance with section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(7) AGENCY
DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 552(f) of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW. 
(a) PERIODIC REVIEW.—The Inspector General of 
each agency (as such term is defined in section 552(f) of 
this title 5, United States Code) shall— 
(1) periodically review compliance with the re-
quirements of section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, including the timely processing of requests, 
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assessment of fees and fee waivers, and the use of 
exemptions under subsection (b) of such section; and 
(2) make recommendations the Inspector Gen-
eral determines to be necessary to the head of the 
agency, including recommendations for disciplinary 
action. 
(b) REQUIRED FREQUENCY
FOR CERTAIN AGEN-
CIES.—The Inspector General of each agency (as such 
term is defined in section 901 of title 31, United States 
Code) shall complete the review and make the rec-
ommendations required under subsection (a) not less than 
once every 2 years. 
SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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