I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8694 
To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a website and provide 
adequate financial resources for a more transparent Inspector General 
community. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2020 
Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself and Mr. HICE of Georgia) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform 
A BILL 
To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a website 
and provide adequate financial resources for a more 
transparent Inspector General community. 
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 ‘‘Oversight.gov Author-
ization Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OVER-
SIGHT.GOV; AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) OVERSIGHT.GOV.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘Office of Inspector General’ means the Office of— 
‘‘(A) an Inspector General described in 
subparagraph (A), (B), or (I) of subsection 
(b)(1); 
‘‘(B) the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction established under sec-
tion 1229 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 
110–181; 122 Stat. 379); 
‘‘(C) the Special Inspector General for the 
Troubled Asset Relief Plan established under 
section 121 of title I of the Emergency Eco-
nomic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 
5231); and 
‘‘(D) the Special Inspector General for 
Pandemic Recovery established under section 
4018 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9053). 
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‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Council shall es-
tablish and maintain a website entitled ‘over-
sight.gov’— 
‘‘(A) to consolidate all public reports from 
each Office of Inspector General to improve the 
access of the public to any audit report, inspec-
tion report, or evaluation report (or portion of 
any such report) made by an Office of Inspector 
General; and 
‘‘(B) that shall include any additional re-
sources, information, and enhancements as the 
Council determines are necessary or desirable. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF OFFICES OF INSPEC-
TORS GENERAL.—Each Office of Inspector General 
that publishes an audit report, inspection report, or 
evaluation report (or portion of any such report) on 
the website of the Office of Inspector General shall 
contemporaneously publish the report or portion 
thereof on oversight.gov in a manner prescribed by 
the Council.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purposes of carrying out the mission of the Council of the 
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under sec-
tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), as amended by subsection (a), there are authorized 
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to be appropriated into the revolving fund described in 
subsection (c)(3)(B) of such section $3,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2021, to remain available until September 30, 2030, 
to carry out the duties and functions of the Council. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that 
is 30 days after the date of receipt by the Council of the 
Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency of an ap-
propriation for the implementation of this Act. 
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