Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Im-
proving Government Accountability Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Enhancing independence of Inspectors General. 
Sec. 3. Direct submission of budget requests to Congress. 
Sec. 4. Establishment of Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-
ciency. 
Sec. 5. Pay and bonuses of Inspectors General. 
Sec. 6. Miscellaneous enhancements. 
Sec. 7. Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act. 
Sec. 8. Application of semiannual reporting requirements with respect to inspec-
tion reports and evaluation reports. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCING INDEPENDENCE OF INSPECTORS GEN-
ERAL. 
(a) REMOVAL FOR CAUSE.—The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘An Inspector General may be removed from 
office prior to the expiration of his or her term only 
on any of the following grounds: 
‘‘(1) Permanent incapacity. 
‘‘(2) Inefficiency. 
‘‘(3) Neglect of duty. 
‘‘(4) Malfeasance. 
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‘‘(5) Conviction of a felony or conduct involving 
moral turpitude.’’; and 
(2) in section 8G(e) by striking ‘‘an Inspector 
General’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘the head of a 
designated Federal entity intends to remove an In-
spector General from office or transfer an Inspector 
General to another position or location within such 
designated Federal entity, the head of such entity 
shall communicate in writing the reasons for any 
such removal or transfer to both Houses of Congress 
at least 30 days before such removal or transfer.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TERMS OF OFFICE.—The In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3 by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e)(1) The term of office of each Inspector General 
shall be seven years. An individual may serve for more than 
one term in such office. Any individual appointed and con-
firmed to fill a vacancy in such position, occurring before 
the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor 
was appointed, shall be appointed and confirmed for a full 
seven-year term. 
‘‘(2) An individual may continue to serve as Inspector 
General beyond the expiration of the term for which the in-
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dividual is appointed until a successor is appointed and 
confirmed, except that such individual may not continue 
to serve for more than 1 year after the date on which the 
term would otherwise expire under paragraph (1).’’; and 
(2) in section 8G(c) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after 
‘‘(c)’’, and by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) The term of office of each Inspector General shall 
be seven years. An individual may serve for more than one 
term in such office. Any individual appointed to fill a va-
cancy in such position, occurring before the expiration of 
the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed, 
shall be appointed for a full 7-year term.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this sec-
tion shall apply to any Inspector General appointed on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. DIRECT SUBMISSION OF BUDGET REQUESTS TO 
CONGRESS. 
Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) For each fiscal year, an Inspector General may 
transmit an appropriation estimate and request to the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget and to the 
appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress, 
in addition to any appropriation estimate and request sub-
mitted to the head of the establishment concerned. 
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‘‘(2) The President shall include in each budget of the 
United States Government submitted to the Congress— 
‘‘(A) a separate statement of the amount of ap-
propriations requested by each Inspector General who 
has submitted an appropriation estimate under para-
graph (1); and 
‘‘(B) a statement comparing each such appro-
priation estimate and request submitted by an In-
spector General and the funds requested by the head 
of the establishment concerned.’’. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS 
GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by redesignating sections 
11 and 12 in order as sections 12 and 13, and by inserting 
after section 10 the following new section: 
‘‘ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS 
GENERAL ON INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY 
‘‘SEC. 11. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
as an independent entity within the executive branch the 
Inspectors General Council (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Council’). The Council’s mission shall be to increase 
the professionalism and effectiveness of personnel by devel-
oping policies, standards, and approaches to aid in the es-
tablishment of a well-trained and highly skilled workforce 
in the offices of the Inspectors General. 
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‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall consist of 
the following members: 
‘‘(A) All Inspectors General whose offices 
are established under— 
‘‘(i) section 2; or 
‘‘(ii) section 8G. 
‘‘(B) The Inspectors General of the Central 
Intelligence Agency and the Government Print-
ing Office. 
‘‘(C) The Controller of the Office of Federal 
Financial Management. 
‘‘(D) A senior level official of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation designated by the Direc-
tor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
‘‘(E) The Director of the Office of Govern-
ment Ethics. 
‘‘(F) The Special Counsel of the Office of 
Special Counsel. 
‘‘(G) The Deputy Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management. 
‘‘(H) The Deputy Director for Management 
of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON
AND
EXECUTIVE
CHAIR-
PERSON.— 
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‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON.—The Dep-
uty Director for Management of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall be the Executive 
Chairperson of the Council. 
‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON.—The Council shall 
elect one of the Inspectors General referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A) or (B) to act as Chairperson 
of the Council. The term of office of the Chair-
person shall be two years. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS OF CHAIRPERSON AND EXECU-
TIVE CHAIRPERSON.— 
‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON.—The Exec-
utive Chairperson shall— 
‘‘(i) preside over meetings of the Coun-
cil; 
‘‘(ii) provide to the heads of agencies 
and entities represented on the Council with 
summary reports of the activities of the 
Council; and 
‘‘(iii) provide to the Council such in-
formation relating to the agencies and enti-
ties represented on the Council as will assist 
the Council in performing its functions. 
‘‘(B) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chairperson 
shall— 
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