SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Improving 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 Ef-
ficiency. 
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 in-
spection reports and evaluation reports. 
Sec. 9. Information on websites of Offices of Inspectors General. 
Sec. 10. Amendments to special provisions concerning the Department of Jus-
tice. 
Sec. 11. Annual Inspector General performance reviews of Federal programs 
and agencies. 
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 striking ‘‘the reasons for 
any such removal to both Houses of Congress.’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘in writing the reasons for 
any such removal to both Houses of Congress and 
to the Inspector General of the establishment at 
least 30 days before such removal. An Inspector 
General may be removed from office prior to the ex-
piration of his or her term only on any of the fol-
lowing grounds:
‘‘(1) Permanent incapacity. 
‘‘(2) Inefficiency. 
‘‘(3) Neglect of duty. 
‘‘(4) Malfeasance. 
‘‘(5) Conviction of a felony or conduct involving 
moral turpitude. 
‘‘(6) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or regula-
tion. 
‘‘(7) Gross mismanagement. 
‘‘(8) Gross waste of funds. 
‘‘(9) Abuse of authority.’’; 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 
and to the Inspector General of the entity at least 
30 days before such removal or transfer.’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TERMS OF OFFICE.—The 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-
ed—
(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 
confirmed to fill a vacancy in such position, occurring be-
fore the expiration of the term for which his or her prede-
cessor 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 
individual 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 vacancy in such position, occurring before the expira-
tion of the term for which his or her predecessor was ap-
pointed, shall be appointed for a full 7-year term.’’. 
(3) in section 3(a), by inserting after the first 
sentence the following: ‘‘A committee of Inspectors
General of the Inspectors General Council estab-
lished under section 11 shall review nominations in 
light of these requirements, and the results of the 
committee’s review shall be provided to the Senate 
prior to the confirmation process.’’. 
(4) in section 8G(c), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The head of the designated Federal enti-
ty shall ask the committee of Inspectors General re-
ferred to in section 3(a) for a report on the quali-
fications of each final candidate for Inspector Gen-
eral and shall not appoint an Inspector General be-
fore reviewing such report.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f)(1) For each fiscal year, an Inspector General 
shall inform the appropriate committees or subcommittees 
of the Congress if the budget request submitted by the 
head of the establishment would substantially inhibit the 
Inspector General from performing the duties of the office.
‘‘(2) The President shall include in each budget of 
the United States Government submitted to the Congress 
a separate statement of the amount of appropriations re-
quested by each Inspector General.’’. 
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 sec-
tions 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 estab-
lished as an independent entity within the executive 
branch the Inspectors General Council (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Council’). The Council’s mission shall be 
to coordinate and enhance governmental efforts to pro-
mote integrity and efficiency and to detect and prevent 
fraud, waste, and abuse in Federal programs. 
‘‘(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 Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency and the Government 
Printing Office. 
‘‘(C) The Controller of the Office of Fed-
eral Financial Management. 
‘‘(D) A senior level official of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation designated by the Di-
rector 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 Manage-
ment of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(2) CHAIRPERSON
AND
EXECUTIVE
CHAIR-
PERSON.— 
‘‘(A) 
EXECUTIVE
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Deputy Director for Management of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall be the Execu-
tive 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 Chair-
person of the Council. The term of office of the 
Chairperson shall be two years. 
‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS OF CHAIRPERSON AND EXECU-
TIVE CHAIRPERSON.— 
‘‘(A) EXECUTIVE CHAIRPERSON.—The Ex-
ecutive Chairperson shall— 
‘‘(i) preside over meetings of the 
Council; 
‘‘(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 en-
tities represented on the Council as will as-
sist the Council in performing its func-
tions. 
‘‘(B) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chairperson 
shall— 
‘‘(i) convene meetings of the Coun-
cil— 
‘‘(I) at least six times each year; 
‘‘(II) monthly to the extent pos-
sible; and
‘‘(III) more frequently at his or 
her discretion; 
‘‘(ii) exercise the functions and duties 
of the Council under subsection (c); 
‘‘(iii) appoint a Vice Chairperson to 
assist in carrying out the functions of the 
Council and act in the absence of the 
Chairperson, from a category of Inspectors 
General described in subparagraph (A)(i), 
(A)(ii), or (B) of subsection (b)(1), other 
than the category from which the Chair-
person was elected; 
‘‘(iv) make such payments from funds 
otherwise available to the Council as may 
be necessary to carry out the functions of 
the Council; 
‘‘(v) select, appoint, and employ per-
sonnel as needed to carry out the functions 
of the Council subject to the availability of 
appropriations and the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service, and the 
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to
classification and General Schedule pay 
rates; 
‘‘(vi) to the extent and in such 
amounts as may be provided in advance by 
appropriations Acts, enter into contracts 
and other arrangements with public agen-
cies and private persons to carry out the 
functions and duties of the Council; 
‘‘(vii) establish, in consultation with 
the members of the Council, such commit-
tees as determined by the Chairperson to 
be necessary and appropriate for the effi-
cient conduct of Council functions; and 
‘‘(viii) prepare and transmit a report 
annually on behalf of the Council to the 
President on the activities of the Council. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall— 
‘‘(A) continually identify, review, and dis-
cuss areas of weakness and vulnerability in 
Federal programs and operations with respect 
to fraud, waste, and abuse; 
‘‘(B) develop plans for coordinated, Gov-
ernment-wide activities that address these prob-
lems and promote economy and efficiency in
Federal programs and operations, including 
interagency and inter-entity audit, investiga-
tion, inspection, and evaluation programs and 
projects to deal efficiently and effectively with 
those problems concerning fraud and waste that 
exceed the capability or jurisdiction of an indi-
vidual agency or entity; 
‘‘(C) develop policies and professional 
standards that will aid in the maintenance of a 
corps of well-trained and highly skilled Office of 
Inspector General personnel; 
‘‘(D) maintain an Internet Web site and 
other electronic systems for the benefit of all 
Inspectors General, as the Council determines 
are necessary or desirable; 
‘‘(E) maintain one or more academies as 
the Council considers desirable for the profes-
sional training of auditors, investigators, inspec-
tors, evaluators, and other personnel of the var-
ious offices of Inspector General; and 
‘‘(F) make such reports to the Congress as 
the Chairperson determines are necessary or 
appropriate. 
‘‘(2) ADHERENCE AND PARTICIPATION BY MEM-
BERS.—Each member of the Council should, to the
extent permitted under law, and to the extent not in-
consistent with standards established by the Comp-
troller General of the United States for audits of 
Federal establishments, organizations, programs, ac-
tivities, and functions, adhere to professional stand-
ards developed by the Council and participate in the 
plans, programs, and projects of the Council. 
‘‘(3) EXISTING
AUTHORITIES
AND
RESPON-
SIBILITIES.—The creation and operation of the 
Council— 
‘‘(A) shall not affect the preeminent policy- 
setting role of the Department of Justice in law 
enforcement and litigation; 
‘‘(B) shall not affect the authority or re-
sponsibilities of any Government agency or enti-
ty; and 
‘‘(C) shall not affect the authority or re-
sponsibilities of individual members of the 
Council. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR OF OMB.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall provide the 
Council with such administrative support as may be 
necessary for the performance of the functions of the 
Council.
‘‘(II) an internal investigation of 
the allegation may appear not to be 
objective. 
‘‘(B) STAFF MEMBER DEFINED.—In this 
subsection the term ‘staff member’ means— 
‘‘(i) any employee of an Office of In-
spector General who reports directly to an 
Inspector General, acts with the knowledge 
of the Inspector General, or against whom 
an allegation is made because such allega-
tion is related to an allegation against the 
Inspector General, except that if an allega-
tion concerns a member of the Integrity 
Committee, that member shall recuse him-
self from consideration of the matter; or 
‘‘(ii) who is designated by an Inspec-
tor General under subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) DESIGNATION OF STAFF MEMBERS.— 
Each Inspector General shall annually submit 
to the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee 
a designation of positions whose holders are 
staff members for purposes of subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(5) REVIEW OF ALLEGATIONS.—The Integrity 
Committee shall—
‘‘(A) review all allegations of wrongdoing it 
receives against an Inspector General, or 
against a staff member of an Office of Inspec-
tor General; 
‘‘(B) refer any allegation of wrongdoing to 
the agency of the executive branch with appro-
priate jurisdiction over the matter; and 
‘‘(C) refer to the Chairperson of the Integ-
rity Committee any allegation of wrongdoing 
determined by the Integrity Committee to be 
potentially meritorious that cannot be referred 
to an agency under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(6) AUTHORITY
TO
INVESTIGATE
ALLEGA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Chairperson of 
the Integrity Committee shall cause a thorough 
and timely investigation of each allegation re-
ferred under paragraph (5)(C) to be conducted 
in accordance with this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) RESOURCES.—At the request of the 
Chairperson of the Integrity Committee, the 
head of each agency or entity represented on 
the Council— 
‘‘(i) may provide resources necessary 
to the Integrity Committee; and
‘‘(ii) may detail employees from that 
agency or entity to the Integrity Com-
mittee, subject to the control and direction 
of the Chairperson, to conduct an inves-
tigation pursuant to this subsection. 
‘‘(7) PROCEDURES FOR INVESTIGATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) STANDARDS APPLICABLE.—Investiga-
tions initiated under this subsection shall be 
conducted in accordance with the most current 
Quality Standards for Investigations issued by 
the Council or by its predecessors (the Presi-
dent’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency and 
the Executive Council on Integrity and Effi-
ciency). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL POLICIES AND PROCE-
DURES.—The Integrity Committee, in conjunc-
tion with the Chairperson of the Council, shall 
establish additional policies and procedures nec-
essary to ensure fairness and consistency in— 
‘‘(i) determining whether to initiate 
an investigation; 
‘‘(ii) conducting investigations; 
‘‘(iii) reporting the results of an inves-
tigation; and
‘‘(iv) providing the person who is the 
subject of an investigation with an oppor-
tunity to respond to any Integrity Com-
mittee report. 
‘‘(8) REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) For allegations referred under para-
graph (5)(C), the Chairperson of the Integrity 
Committee shall make a report containing the 
results of his investigation and shall provide 
such report to members of the Integrity Com-
mittee. 
‘‘(B) For allegations referred under para-
graph (5)(B), the head of an agency shall make 
a report containing the results of the investiga-
tion and shall provide such report to members 
of the Integrity Committee. 
‘‘(9) ASSESSMENT AND FINAL DISPOSITION.— 
‘‘(A) With respect to any report received 
under paragraph (8), the Integrity Committee 
shall— 
‘‘(i) assess the report; 
‘‘(ii) forward the report, with the In-
tegrity Committee recommendations, in-
cluding those on disciplinary action, within 
180 days (to the maximum extent prac-
ticable) after the completion of the inves-
tigation, to the Executive Chairperson of 
the Council and to the President (in the 
case of a report relating to an Inspector 
General of an establishment or his staff) or 
the head of a designated Federal entity (in 
the case of a report relating to an Inspec-
tor General of such an entity or his staff) 
for resolution; and 
‘‘(iii) submit to Congress a copy of 
such report and recommendations within 
30 days after the submission of such re-
port to the Executive Chairperson under 
clause (ii). 
‘‘(B) The Chairperson of the Council shall 
report to the Integrity Committee the final dis-
position of the matter, including what action 
was taken by the President or agency head. 
‘‘(10) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) MATTERS
COVERED.—The Council 
shall submit to Congress and the President by 
December 31st of each year a report on the ac-
tivities of the Integrity Committee during the 
preceding fiscal year. The report shall include 
the following:
‘‘(i) The number of allegations re-
ceived. 
‘‘(ii) The number of allegations re-
ferred to other agencies, including the 
number of allegations referred for criminal 
investigation. 
‘‘(iii) The number of allegations re-
ferred to the Chairperson of the Integrity 
Committee for investigation. 
‘‘(iv) The number of allegations closed 
without referral. 
‘‘(v) The date each allegation was re-
ceived and the date each allegation was fi-
nally disposed of. 
‘‘(vi) In the case of allegations re-
ferred to the Chairperson of the Integrity 
Committee, a summary of the status of the 
investigation of the allegations and, in the 
case of investigations completed during the 
preceding fiscal year, a summary of the 
findings of the investigations. 
‘‘(vii) Other matters that the Council 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(B) REQUESTS
FOR
MORE
INFORMA-
TION.—The Council shall provide more detailed
information about specific allegations upon re-
quest from any of the following: 
‘‘(i) The chairman or ranking member 
of the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(ii) The chairman or ranking mem-
ber of the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(iii) The chairman or ranking mem-
ber of the congressional committees of ju-
risdiction. 
‘‘(11) NO RIGHT OR BENEFIT.—This subsection 
is not intended to create any right or benefit, sub-
stantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a per-
son against the United States, its agencies, its offi-
cers, or any person. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this section 
apply only to the Inspectors General (and their offices) 
listed in subsection (b)(1)(A) and (B).’’. 
(b) EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND POLICIES AND PROCE-
DURES.— 
(1) EXISTING EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—Executive 
Order No. 12805, dated May 11, 1992, and Execu-
tive Order No. 12993, dated March 21, 1996, shall 
have no force or effect. 
(2) POLICIES
AND
PROCEDURES.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Inspectors General Council shall adopt 
policies and procedures to implement this section 
and the amendments made by this section. To the 
maximum extent practicable, the policies and proce-
dures shall include all provisions of Executive Order 
No. 12805 and Executive Order No. 12933 (as in 
effect before the date of the enactment of this Act). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.—The 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(A) 
in 
sections 
2(1), 
4(b)(2), 
and 
8G(a)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘section 11(2)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 12(2)’’; 
and 
(B) in section 8G(a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 11’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 12’’. 
(2) TITLE 31, U.S.C.—Section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
first paragraph (33) and inserting the following:
‘‘(33) a separate appropriation account for ap-
propriations for the Inspectors General Council, and, 
included in that account, a separate statement of the 
aggregate amount of appropriations requested for 
each academy maintained by the Inspectors General 
Council.’’. 
SEC. 5. PAY AND BONUSES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF CASH BONUS OR AWARDS.— 
Section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) An Inspector General (as defined under section 
8G(a)(6) or 11(3)) may not receive any cash award or 
cash bonus, including any cash award under chapter 45 
of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(b) INSPECTORS GENERAL AT LEVEL III OF EXECU-
TIVE SCHEDULE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended 
by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) The annual rate of basic pay for an Inspector 
General (as defined under section 11(3)) shall be the rate 
payable for level III of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5314 of title 5, United States Code, plus 3 percent.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 5315 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to each of the following posi-
tions: 
(A) Inspector General, Department of 
Education. 
(B) Inspector General, Department of En-
ergy. 
(C) Inspector General, Department of 
Health and Human Services. 
(D) Inspector General, Department of Ag-
riculture. 
(E) Inspector General, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
(F) Inspector General, Department of 
Labor. 
(G) Inspector General, Department of 
Transportation. 
(H) Inspector General, Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
(I) Inspector General, Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(J) Inspector General, Department of De-
fense.
(K) Inspector General, Department of 
State. 
(L) Inspector General, Department of 
Commerce. 
(M) Inspector General, Department of the 
Interior. 
(N) Inspector General, Department of Jus-
tice. 
(O) Inspector General, Department of the 
Treasury. 
(P) Inspector General, Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(Q) Inspector General, Environmental Pro-
tection Agency. 
(R) 
Inspector 
General, 
Export-Import 
Bank. 
(S) Inspector General, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
(T) Inspector General, General Services 
Administration. 
(U) Inspector General, National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
(V) Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.
(W) Inspector General, Office of Personnel 
Management. 
(X) Inspector General, Railroad Retire-
ment Board. 
(Y) Inspector General, Small Business Ad-
ministration. 
(Z) Inspector General, Tennessee Valley 
Authority. 
(AA) Inspector General, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation. 
(BB) Inspector General, Resolution Trust 
Corporation. 
(CC) Inspector General, Central Intel-
ligence Agency. 
(DD) Inspector General, Social Security 
Administration. 
(EE) Inspector General, United States 
Postal Service. 
(3) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 194(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651e(b)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(4) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall have the effect of reducing the rate of
pay of any individual serving as an Inspector Gen-
eral on the effective date of this subsection. 
(c) INSPECTORS GENERAL OF DESIGNATED FED-
ERAL ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Inspector General of each designated Federal en-
tity (as those terms are defined under section 8G of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978) shall, for pay and all other 
purposes, be classified at a grade, level, or rank designa-
tion, as the case may be, comparable to those of a majority 
of the senior staff members of such designated Federal 
entity (such as, but not limited to, a General Counsel, 
Deputy Director, or Chief of Staff) that report directly 
to the head of such designated Federal entity. The head 
of a designated Federal entity shall set the annual rate 
of basic pay for an Inspector General (as defined under 
such section 8G) 3 percent above the annual rate of basic 
pay for senior staff members classified at a comparable 
grade, level, or rank designation (or, if those senior staff 
members receive different rates, the annual rate of basic 
pay for a majority of those senior staff members, as deter-
mined by the head of the designated Federal entity con-
cerned). 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION FOR NEWLY APPOINTED IN-
SPECTORS GENERAL.—The provisions of section 3392, 
title 5, United States Code, other than the terms ‘‘per-
formance awards’’ and ‘‘awarding of ranks’’ in subsection 
(c)(1) of such section, shall apply to career appointees of 
the Senior Executive Service who are appointed to the po-
sition of Inspector General. 
SEC. 6. MISCELLANEOUS ENHANCEMENTS. 
(a) OFFICES AS DISCRETE AGENCIES.—Section 6(d) 
of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d)(1)(A) For purposes of applying the provisions 
of law identified in subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) each Office of Inspector General shall be 
considered to be a separate agency; and 
‘‘(ii) the Inspector General who is the head of 
an office referred to in clause (i) shall, with respect 
to such office, have the functions, powers, and duties 
of an agency head or appointing authority under 
such provisions. 
‘‘(B) This paragraph applies with respect to the fol-
lowing provisions of title 5, United States Code: 
‘‘(i) Subchapter II of chapter 35. 
‘‘(ii) Sections 8335(b), 8336, 8414, and 
8425(b). 
‘‘(iii) All provisions relating to the Senior Exec-
utive Service (as determined by the Office of Per-
sonnel Management), subject to paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) For purposes of applying section 4507(b) of title 
5, United States Code, paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘the Council of the Inspectors Gen-
eral on Integrity and Efficiency (established by section 11 
of the Inspector General Act) shall’ for ‘the Inspector Gen-
eral who is the head of an office referred to in clause (i) 
shall, with respect to such office,’.’’. 
(b) SUBPOENA POWER.—Section 6(a)(4) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘in any medium (including 
electronically stored information, as well as any tan-
gible thing)’’ after ‘‘other data’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘subpena’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
poena’’. 
(c) LAW
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY
FOR
DES-
IGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 6(e) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘appointed 
under section 3’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) In this subsection the term ‘Inspector General’ 
means an Inspector General appointed under section 3 or 
an Inspector General appointed under section 8G.’’.
(d) QUALIFICATIONS OF INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 
DESIGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 8G(c)(1) of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘without regard to political affili-
ation, and solely on the basis of integrity and dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial anal-
ysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or 
investigations. 
(e) AUTHORITY OF TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL 
FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT INTERNAL REV-
ENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—Section 8D(k)(1)(C) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and the providing of physical security’’. 
(f) AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO
AUTHORITY
OF 
COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO ADMINISTER OATHS.—Sec-
tion 711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in 
paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘when auditing and settling ac-
counts’’ and inserting ‘‘upon the specific approval only of 
the Comptroller General or the Deputy Comptroller Gen-
eral’’. 
(g) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL REPORTS.— 
(1) Section 719(b)(1) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B); 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) for Federal agencies subject to sections 
901 to 903 of this title and other agencies des-
ignated by the Comptroller General, an assessment 
of their overall degree of cooperation in making per-
sonnel available for interview, providing written an-
swers to questions, submitting to an oath authorized 
by the Comptroller General under section 711 of this 
title, granting access to records, providing timely 
comments to draft reports, adopting recommenda-
tions in reports, and responding to such other mat-
ters as the Comptroller General considers appro-
priate.’’. 
(2) Section 719(c) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end of paragraph (3); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
‘‘(4) as soon as practicable when an agency or 
other entity does not, within a reasonable period of 
time after a request by the Comptroller General, 
make personnel available for interview, provide writ-
ten answers to questions, or submit to an oath au-
thorized by the Comptroller General under section 
711 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 7. PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT. 
Section 3801(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 
end of subparagraph (C), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon at the end of subparagraph (D), and by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(E) a designated Federal entity (as such 
term is defined under section 8G(a)(2) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978).’’. 
SEC. 8. APPLICATION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INSPECTION 
REPORTS AND EVALUATION REPORTS. 
Section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, inspection report, and 
evaluation report’’ after ‘‘audit report’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘audit’’ the second place it 
appears; 
(2) in each of subsections (a)(8), (a)(9), (b)(2), 
and (b)(3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, inspection reports, and 
evaluation reports’’ after ‘‘audit reports’’ the 
first place it appears; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘audit’’ the second place it 
appears; and 
(3) in subsection (a)(10) by inserting ‘‘, inspec-
tion report, and evaluation report’’ after ‘‘audit re-
port’’. 
SEC. 9. INFORMATION ON WEBSITES OF OFFICES OF IN-
SPECTORS GENERAL. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ 
has the meaning provided the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ 
under section 11(5) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
(b) DIRECT LINKS TO INSPECTORS GENERAL OF-
FICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each agency shall establish 
and maintain on the homepage of the website of that 
agency a direct link to the website of the Office of 
the Inspector General of that agency.
(2) ACCESSIBILITY.—The direct link under 
paragraph (1) shall be obvious and facilitate accessi-
bility to the website of the Office of the Inspector 
General. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INSPECTORS
GENERAL 
WEBSITES.— 
(1) POSTING OF REPORTS AND AUDITS.—The 
Inspector General of each agency shall— 
(A) not later than 1 day after any report 
or audit (or portion of any report or audit) is 
made publicly available, post that report or 
audit (or portion of that report or audit) on the 
website of the Office of the Inspector General; 
and 
(B) ensure that any posted report or audit 
(or portion of that report or audit) described 
under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) is easily accessible from a direct 
link on the homepage of the website of the 
Office of the Inspector General; 
(ii) includes a summary of the find-
ings of the Inspector General; and 
(iii) is in a format that— 
(I) is searchable, sortable, and 
downloadable; and
(II) facilitates printing by indi-
viduals of the public who are access-
ing the website. 
(2) OPTION TO RECEIVE RELATED INFORMA-
TION.—The Inspector General of each agency shall 
provide a service on the website of the Office of the 
Inspector General through which— 
(A) an individual may elect to automati-
cally receive information (including subsequent 
reports or audits) relating to any posted report 
or audit (or portion of that report or audit) de-
scribed under paragraph (1)(A); and 
(B) the Inspector General shall electroni-
cally transmit the information or notice of the 
availability of the information to that individual 
without further request. 
(3) REPORTING
OF
WASTE, 
FRAUD, 
AND 
ABUSE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
of each agency shall establish and maintain a 
direct link on the homepage of the website of 
the Office of the Inspector General for individ-
uals to report waste, fraud, and abuse. 
(B) ANONYMITY.—The Inspector General 
of each agency shall take such actions as nec-
essary to ensure the anonymity of any indi-
vidual making a report under this paragraph. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each 
agency and the Inspector General of each agency shall im-
plement this section. 
SEC. 10. AMENDMENTS TO SPECIAL PROVISIONS CON-
CERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO REQUIREMENT RELATING TO 
CERTAIN REFERRALS.—Section 8E(b) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (3). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 8E of 
such Act is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and paragraph (3)’’ in 
paragraph (2); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4) and in that paragraph by strik-
ing ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, except with 
respect to allegations described in subsection 
(b)(3),’’.
SEC. 11. ANNUAL INSPECTOR GENERAL PERFORMANCE RE-
VIEWS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) PRINCIPLE DUTY.—Section 4 of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), 
and (d) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respec-
tively; 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) It shall be the principle duty and responsibility 
of each Inspector General, with respect to the establish-
ment within which his Office is established, to review an-
nually the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of all 
Federal programs within such establishment and submit 
to the Congress and the President not later than Sep-
tember 1 of each year recommendations, accompanied by 
proposed legislation, on whether an abolishment, reorga-
nization, consolidation, or transfer of existing Federal pro-
grams and agencies is necessary— 
‘‘(1) to reduce Federal expenditures; 
‘‘(2) to increase efficiency of government oper-
ations; 
‘‘(3) to eliminate overlap and duplication in 
Federal programs and offices;
‘‘(4) to abolish agencies or programs that no 
longer serve an important governmental purpose; 
and 
‘‘(5) to identify reductions in amounts of discre-
tionary budget authority or direct spending that can 
be dedicated to Federal deficit reduction.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 8(d), by striking ‘‘section 4(d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 4(e)’’; and 
(2) in section 8D(k)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘section 
4(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(e)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 3, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 928 
AN ACT 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to en-
hance the independence of the Inspectors Gen-
eral, to create a Council of the Inspectors Gen-
eral on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other 
purposes.