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Union Calendar No. 158 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2395 
[Report No. 114–210] 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence 
of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2015 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. MEADOWS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
JULY 16, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen 
the independence of the Inspectors General, and for other 
purposes. 
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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 
‘‘Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Additional authority provisions for Inspectors General. 
Sec. 3. Additional responsibilities of the Council of the Inspectors General on 
Integrity and Efficiency. 
Sec. 4. Paperwork Reduction Act exemption. 
Sec. 5. Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Inspector 
General Reform Act of 2008. 
Sec. 6. Reports required. 
Sec. 7. Public release of misconduct report. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY PROVISIONS FOR INSPEC-
TORS GENERAL. 
(a) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY FOR INSPECTORS GEN-
ERAL TO REQUIRE TESTIMONY OF CERTAIN PERSONS.— 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting after section 6 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6A. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) TESTIMONIAL SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—In ad-
dition to the authority otherwise provided by this Act and 
in accordance with the requirements of this section, each 
Inspector General (and each Special Inspector General not 
established under this Act), in carrying out the provisions 
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of this Act (or in the case of a Special Inspector General, 
the provisions of the authorizing statute), is authorized 
to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of 
certain witnesses, including a contractor with the Federal 
Government or a designated Federal entity and any 
former Federal employee or employee of a designated Fed-
eral entity (but not including any Federal employee), nec-
essary in the performance of the functions assigned by this 
Act, which subpoena, in the case of contumacy or refusal 
to obey, shall be enforceable by order of any appropriate 
United States district court. 
‘‘(b) NONDELEGATION.—The authority to issue a 
subpoena under subsection (a) may not be delegated. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The authority to issue a subpoena 
under subsection (a) is limited to an investigation of fraud 
or waste in excess of $100,000 unless there is reasonable 
cause to believe a crime has been committed. 
‘‘(d) PANEL REVIEW BEFORE ISSUANCE.— 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) REQUEST
FOR
APPROVAL
BY
SUB-
POENA PANEL.—Before the issuance of a sub-
poena described in subsection (a), an Inspector 
General shall submit a request for approval to 
issue a subpoena to a panel (in this section, re-
ferred to as the ‘Subpoena Panel’), which shall 
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be comprised of three Inspectors General of the 
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 
and Efficiency, who shall be designated by the 
Inspector General serving as Chairperson of the 
Council. 
‘‘(B) REASONABLE
CAUSE.—Any request 
submitted by an Inspector General under sub-
paragraph (A) shall demonstrate reasonable 
cause that each witness requested by the sub-
poena possesses information pertinent and nec-
essary to the investigation. 
‘‘(C) PROTECTION
FROM
DISCLOSURE.— 
The information contained in the request sub-
mitted by an Inspector General under subpara-
graph (A) and the identification of a witness 
shall be protected from disclosure to the extent 
practicable. 
‘‘(2) TIME TO RESPOND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Subpoena Panel shall 
approve or deny a request for approval to issue 
a subpoena not later than 10 days after the 
submission of such request. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
FOR 
PANEL.—If the Subpoena Panel determines 
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that additional information is necessary to ap-
prove or deny such request, the Subpoena Panel 
shall request such information and shall ap-
prove or deny such request not later than 20 
days after the submission of such request. 
‘‘(3) DENIAL BY PANEL.—If a majority of the 
Subpoena Panel denies the approval of a subpoena, 
that subpoena may not be issued. 
‘‘(e) NOTICE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Subpoena Panel ap-
proves a subpoena under subsection (d), the Inspec-
tor General shall notify the Attorney General that 
the Inspector General intends to issue the subpoena. 
‘‘(2) DENIAL FOR INTERFERENCE WITH AN ON-
GOING INVESTIGATION.—The Attorney General shall 
approve or deny the issuance of a subpoena. If the 
Attorney General denies the issuance of the sub-
poena, the subpoena may not be issued. The Attor-
ney General shall make every effort to issue an ap-
proval or denial under this paragraph within 30 days 
after notification by the Inspector General under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA.—An Inspector 
General may not issue a subpoena under this section 
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unless the Attorney General approves the issuance of 
the subpoena. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Chairperson of the Council 
of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out the purposes of this section.’’; and 
(2) in section 5(a)— 
(A) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (16), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) a description of the use of subpoenas for 
the attendance and testimony of certain witnesses 
authorized under section 6A.’’. 
(b) MATCHING PROGRAM EXCEPTION FOR INSPEC-
TORS GENERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(9) notwithstanding paragraph (12) of sub-
section (e) and subsections (o), (p), (q), (r), and (u) 
of section 552a of title 5, United States Code— 
‘‘(A) to compare, through a matching pro-
gram (as defined in such section), any Federal 
records with other Federal or non-Federal 
records, while conducting an audit, investiga-
tion, inspection, evaluation, or other review au-
thorized under this Act to identify weaknesses 
that may lead to waste, fraud, or abuse and to 
detect improper payments and fraud; and 
‘‘(B) to take action to protect any informa-
tion collected pursuant to subparagraph (A); 
and’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COUNCIL 
OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON INTEG-
RITY AND EFFICIENCY. 
(a) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.—Section 
11(c)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as sub-
paragraph (I); and 
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) receive, review, and mediate any dis-
putes submitted in writing to the Council by an 
Office of Inspector General regarding an audit, 
investigation, inspection, evaluation, or project 
that involves the jurisdiction of more than one 
Federal agency or entity; and’’. 
(b) INTEGRITY COMMITTEE.—Section 11(d) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) not later than 60 days after the date 
on which an allegation of wrongdoing is re-
ceived by the Integrity Committee, make a de-
termination whether the Integrity Committee 
will initiate an investigation of such allegation 
under this subsection.’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (6)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘may’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(i) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iii) by inserting at the end the fol-
lowing new subclauses: 
‘‘(V) creating a regular rotation 
of Inspectors General assigned to in-
vestigate complaints through the In-
tegrity Committee; and 
‘‘(VI) 
creating 
procedures 
to 
avoid conflicts of interest for Integrity 
Committee investigations.’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION.—If 
a determination is made under paragraph (5) to 
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initiate an investigation, the Integrity Com-
mittee— 
‘‘(i) shall complete the investigation 
not later than six months after the date on 
which the Integrity Committee made such 
determination; 
‘‘(ii) if the investigation cannot be 
completed within such six-month period, 
shall— 
‘‘(I) promptly notify the congres-
sional committees listed in paragraph 
(8)(A)(iii); and 
‘‘(II) to the maximum extent 
practicable, complete the investigation 
not later than 3 months after the ex-
piration of the six-month period; and 
‘‘(iii) if the investigation cannot be 
completed within such nine-month period, 
shall brief the congressional committees 
listed in paragraph (8)(A)(iii) every thirty 
days until the investigation is complete. 
‘‘(D) CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION.—If an 
investigation of an allegation of wrongdoing 
against an Inspector General or a staff member 
of an Office of Inspector General described 
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under paragraph (4)(C) is initiated by a gov-
ernmental entity other than the Integrity Com-
mittee, the Integrity Committee may conduct 
any related investigation for which a determina-
tion to initiate an investigation was made under 
paragraph (5) concurrently with the other gov-
ernment entity.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTION; DESIGNEE AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor of National Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Intel-
ligence Community’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
the designee of the Special Counsel’’ before the 
period at the end; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘or 
the designee of the Director’’ before the period 
at the end. 
SEC. 4. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION. 
Section 3518(c) of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this subchapter 
shall not apply to the collection of information during the 
conduct of any evaluation, or other review conducted by 
the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, or 
during the conduct of any audit, investigation, inspection, 
evaluation, or any other review conducted by the Council 
of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency or 
any Office of Inspector General, including any Office of 
Special Inspector General.’’. 
SEC. 5. AMENDMENTS TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT 
OF 1978 AND THE INSPECTOR GENERAL RE-
FORM ACT OF 2008. 
(a) INCORPORATION OF PROVISIONS FROM THE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL REFORM ACT OF 2008 INTO THE IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 11(d) of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING AGAINST 
SPECIAL COUNSEL OR DEPUTY SPECIAL COUNSEL.— 
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‘‘(A) SPECIAL COUNSEL DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘Special Counsel’ means 
the Special Counsel appointed under section 
1211(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY
OF
INTEGRITY
COM-
MITTEE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An allegation of 
wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or 
the Deputy Special Counsel may be re-
ceived, reviewed, and referred for investiga-
tion by the Integrity Committee to the 
same extent and in the same manner as in 
the case of an allegation against an Inspec-
tor General (or a member of the staff of 
an Office of Inspector General), subject to 
the requirement that the Special Counsel 
recuse himself or herself from the consider-
ation of any allegation brought under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING 
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—This paragraph 
does not eliminate access to the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board for review under 
section 7701 of title 5, United States 
Code. To the extent that an allegation 
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brought under this subsection involves sec-
tion 2302(b)(8) of that title, a failure to 
obtain corrective action within 120 days 
after the date on which that allegation is 
received by the Integrity Committee shall, 
for purposes of section 1221 of such title, 
be 
considered 
to 
satisfy 
section 
1214(a)(3)(B) of that title. 
‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Integrity Com-
mittee may prescribe any rules or regulations 
necessary to carry out this paragraph, subject 
to such consultation or other requirements as 
might otherwise apply.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 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. 
(b) AGENCY APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by section 
2(a), is further amended— 
(A) in section 8M— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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(I) by striking the first ‘‘agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Federal agency and 
designated Federal entity’’; and 
(II) by striking the second and 
third ‘‘agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
agency or designated Federal entity’’; 
and 
(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)— 
(aa) in subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal agency and des-
ignated Federal entity’’; and 
(bb) in subparagraph (B), 
by striking ‘‘agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal agency and des-
ignated Federal entity’’; 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’’. 
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(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
head and the Inspector General of each Federal 
agency and each designated Federal entity (as such 
terms are defined in sections 12 and 8G of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), re-
spectively) shall implement the amendments made by 
this subsection. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INSPECTORS
GENERAL 
WEBSITES.—Section 8M(b)(1) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 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)’’ and inserting ‘‘report (or por-
tion of that report)’’, each place it appears. 
(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’’. 
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in the Offices of Inspector General, during which a 
temporary appointee has served as the head of the 
office that includes— 
(A) the number and duration of Inspector 
General vacancies; 
(B) an examination of the extent to which 
the number and duration of such vacancies has 
changed over time; 
(C) an evaluation of the impact such va-
cancies have had on the ability of the relevant 
Office of the Inspector General to effectively 
carry out statutory requirements; and 
(D) recommendations to minimize the du-
ration of such vacancies. 
(2) COMMITTEE
BRIEFING
REQUIRED.—Not 
later than nine months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
present a briefing on the findings of the study de-
scribed in subsection (a) to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than fif-
teen months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report 
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on the findings of the study described in subsection 
(a) to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate. 
(b) REPORT ON ISSUES INVOLVING MULTIPLE OF-
FICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) EXAMINATION REQUIRED.—The Council of 
the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 
shall conduct an analysis of critical issues that in-
volve 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 Offices of Inspector General on crit-
ical issues. 
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(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency shall submit a report on the findings of 
the analysis described in subsection (a) to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 7. PUBLIC RELEASE OF MISCONDUCT REPORT. 
(a) PUBLIC RELEASE BY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 
REPORT OF MISCONDUCT.—Section 4(a) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) to make publicly available not later than 
60 days after issuing a final report on any adminis-
trative investigation that confirms misconduct, in-
cluding any violation of Federal law and any viola-
tion of Federal agency policy, by any member of the 
Senior Executive Service, employee in a position that 
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is excepted from the competitive service because of 
its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or 
policy-advocating character, or commissioned officer 
in the Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 and above 
(ensuring that information protected under section 
552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’), section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), and section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is not disclosed).’’. 
(b) REPORTS OF MISCONDUCT IN SEMIANNUAL RE-
PORTS.—Section 5(a) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by section 2(a)(2) is 
further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (17), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(18) a list of and summary of any administra-
tive investigation that confirms misconduct, includ-
ing any violation of Federal law and violation of any 
Federal agency policy, by any member of the Senior 
Executive Service, employee in a position that is ex-
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cepted from the competitive service because of its 
confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or 
policy-advocating character, or commissioned officer 
in the Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 and above.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 158 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2395 
[Report No. 114–210] 
A BILL 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to 
strengthen the independence of the Inspectors 
General, and for other purposes. 
JULY 16, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with BILLS