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(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘may provide resources’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall provide assistance’’; 
(D) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) in subclause (III), by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(bb) in subclause (IV), by 
striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(cc) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(V) except as provided in clause 
(ii), ensuring, to the extent possible, 
that investigations are conducted by 
Offices of Inspector General of similar 
size; 
‘‘(VI) creating a process for rota-
tion of Inspectors General assigned to 
investigate allegations through the In-
tegrity Committee; and 
‘‘(VII) creating procedures to 
avoid conflicts of interest for Integrity 
Committee investigations.’’; 
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(II) by redesignating clause (ii) 
as clause (iii); and 
(III) by inserting after clause (i) 
the following: 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The requirement 
under clause (i)(V) shall not apply to any 
Office of Inspector General with less than 
50 employees who are authorized to con-
duct audits or investigations.’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(B) the following: 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION.—If 
an allegation of wrongdoing is referred to the 
Chairperson of the Integrity Committee under 
paragraph (5)(B), the Chairperson of the Integ-
rity Committee— 
‘‘(i) shall complete the investigation 
not later than 150 days after the date on 
which the Integrity Committee made the 
referral; and 
‘‘(ii) if the investigation cannot be 
completed within the 150-day period de-
scribed in clause (i), shall— 
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‘‘(I) promptly notify the congres-
sional committees described in para-
graph (8)(A)(iii); and 
‘‘(II) brief the congressional com-
mittees 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(8)(A)(iii) every 30 days regarding the 
status of the investigation and the 
general reasons for delay until the in-
vestigation is complete. 
‘‘(D) CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION.—If an 
allegation of wrongdoing against an Inspector 
General or a staff member of an Office of In-
spector General described under paragraph 
(4)(C) is referred to the Department of Justice 
or the Office of Special Counsel under para-
graph (5)(A), the Chairperson of the Integrity 
Committee may conduct any related investiga-
tion referred to the Chairperson under para-
graph (5)(B) concurrently with the Department 
of Justice or the Office of Special Counsel, as 
applicable. 
‘‘(E) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(i) INTEGRITY
COMMITTEE
INVES-
TIGATIONS.—For each investigation of an 
allegation of wrongdoing referred to the 
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Chairperson of the Integrity Committee 
under paragraph (5)(B), the Chairperson 
of the Integrity Committee shall submit to 
members of the Integrity Committee and 
to the Chairperson of the Council a report 
containing the results of the investigation. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS.—For 
each allegation of wrongdoing referred to 
the Department of Justice or the Office of 
Special Counsel under paragraph (5)(A), 
the Attorney General or the Special Coun-
sel, as applicable, shall submit to the In-
tegrity Committee a report containing the 
results of the investigation. 
‘‘(iii) AVAILABILITY TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The congres-
sional committees described in para-
graph (8)(A)(iii) shall have access to 
any report authored by the Integrity 
Committee. 
‘‘(II) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 
Subject to any other provision of law 
that would otherwise prohibit disclo-
sure of such information, the Integrity 
Committee may provide any report 
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authored by the Integrity Committee 
to any Member of Congress.’’; 
(E) by striking paragraph (8)(A)(iii) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(iii) submit the report, with the rec-
ommendations of the Integrity Committee, 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives, and other congressional committees 
of jurisdiction; and 
‘‘(iv) following the submission of the 
report under clause (iii) and upon request 
by any Member of Congress, submit the re-
port, with the recommendations of the In-
tegrity Committee, to that Member.’’; 
(F) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking 
‘‘other agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Justice or the Office of Special Coun-
sel’’; 
(G) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘any of 
the following’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘any Member of 
Congress.’’; and 
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(H) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING AGAINST 
SPECIAL COUNSEL OR DEPUTY SPECIAL COUNSEL.— 
‘‘(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 to the same extent and in the same 
manner as in the case of an allegation 
against an Inspector General or against a 
staff member of an Office of Inspector 
General described under paragraph (4)(C), 
subject to the requirement that the rep-
resentative designated by the Special 
Counsel under paragraph (5)(A)(ii) shall 
recuse himself or herself from the consider-
ation of any allegation brought under this 
paragraph. 
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‘‘(ii) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING 
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—This paragraph 
shall 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 
brought under this paragraph involves sec-
tion 2302(b)(8) of such title, a failure to 
obtain corrective action within 120 days 
after the date on which the allegation is re-
ceived by the Integrity Committee shall, 
for purposes of section 1221 of such title, 
be 
considered 
to 
satisfy 
section 
1214(a)(3)(B) of such 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 
may otherwise apply. 
‘‘(13) COMMITTEE RECORDS.—The Chairperson 
of the Council shall maintain the records of the In-
tegrity Committee.’’. 
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SEC. 4. REPORTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
(a) REPORT ON VACANCIES IN THE OFFICES OF IN-
SPECTOR GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall— 
(1) conduct a study of prolonged vacancies in 
the Offices of Inspector General during which a tem-
porary 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 Inspector General to effectively carry 
out statutory requirements; and 
(D) recommendations to minimize the du-
ration of such vacancies; 
(2) not later than 9 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, present a briefing on the 
findings of the study conducted under paragraph (1) 
to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(3) not later than 15 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, submit a report on the find-
ings of the study conducted under paragraph (1) to 
the committees described in paragraph (2). 
(b) REPORT ON ISSUES INVOLVING MULTIPLE OF-
FICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Council of the In-
spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency shall— 
(1) conduct an analysis of critical issues that 
involve 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 the Offices of Inspector General on 
critical issues; and 
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(2) not later than 1 year after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit a report on the findings 
of the analysis described in paragraph (1) to— 
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(c) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—Section 5 of the In-
spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘period for which’’ and 
inserting ‘‘period— 
‘‘(A) for which’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) for which no establishment comment 
was returned within 60 days of providing the 
report to the establishment; and 
‘‘(C) for which there are any outstanding 
unimplemented recommendations, including the 
aggregate potential cost savings of those rec-
ommendations.’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (16), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) statistical tables showing— 
‘‘(A) the total number of investigative re-
ports issued during the reporting period; 
‘‘(B) the total number of persons referred 
to the Department of Justice for criminal pros-
ecution during the reporting period; 
‘‘(C) the total number of persons referred 
to State and local prosecuting authorities for 
criminal prosecution during the reporting pe-
riod; and 
‘‘(D) the total number of indictments and 
criminal informations during the reporting pe-
riod that resulted from any prior referral to 
prosecuting authorities; 
‘‘(18) a description of the metrics used for de-
veloping the data for the statistical tables under 
paragraph (17); 
‘‘(19) a report on each investigation conducted 
by the Office involving a senior Government em-
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ployee where allegations of misconduct were substan-
tiated, including a detailed description of— 
‘‘(A) the facts and circumstances of the in-
vestigation; and 
‘‘(B) the status and disposition of the mat-
ter, including— 
‘‘(i) if the matter was referred to the 
Department of Justice, the date of the re-
ferral; and 
‘‘(ii) if the Department of Justice de-
clined the referral, the date of the declina-
tion; 
‘‘(20) a detailed description of any instance of 
whistleblower 
retaliation, 
including 
information 
about the official found to have engaged in retalia-
tion and what, if any, consequences the establish-
ment imposed to hold that official accountable; 
‘‘(21) a detailed description of any attempt by 
the establishment to interfere with the independence 
of the Office, including— 
‘‘(A) with budget constraints designed to 
limit the capabilities of the Office; and 
‘‘(B) incidents where the establishment has 
resisted or objected to oversight activities of the 
Office or restricted or significantly delayed ac-
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cess to information, including the justification 
of the establishment for such action; and 
‘‘(22) detailed descriptions of the particular cir-
cumstances of each— 
‘‘(A) inspection, evaluation, and audit con-
ducted by the Office that is closed and was not 
disclosed to the public; and 
‘‘(B) investigation conducted by the Office 
involving a senior Government employee that is 
closed and was not disclosed to the public.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) Subject to any other provision of law that would 
otherwise prohibit disclosure of such information, the in-
formation described in paragraph (1) may be provided to 
any Member of Congress upon request. 
‘‘(5) An Office may not provide to Congress or the 
public any information that reveals the personally identifi-
able information of a whistleblower under this section un-
less the Office first obtains the consent of the whistle-
blower.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘senior Government employee’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) an officer or employee in the execu-
tive branch (including a special Government 
employee as defined in section 202 of title 18, 
United States Code) who occupies a position 
classified at or above GS–15 of the General 
Schedule or, in the case of positions not under 
the General Schedule, for which the rate of 
basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 per-
cent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable 
for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and 
‘‘(B) any commissioned officer in the 
Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 and above.’’. 
(d) DUTY TO SUBMIT AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE 
PUBLIC CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS.—Section 4 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) In carrying out the duties and responsibilities 
established under this Act, whenever an Inspector General 
issues a recommendation for corrective action to the agen-
cy, the Inspector General— 
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‘‘(A) shall submit the document making a rec-
ommendation for corrective action to— 
‘‘(i) the head of the establishment; 
‘‘(ii) the congressional committees of juris-
diction; and 
‘‘(iii) if the recommendation for corrective 
action was initiated upon request by an indi-
vidual or entity other than the Inspector Gen-
eral, that individual or entity; 
‘‘(B) may submit the document making a rec-
ommendation for corrective action to any Member of 
Congress upon request; and 
‘‘(C) not later than 3 days after the rec-
ommendation for corrective action is submitted in 
final form to the head of the establishment, post the 
document making a recommendation for corrective 
action on the website of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
authorizing an Inspector General to publicly disclose infor-
mation otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law.’’. 
(e) POSTING OF REPORTS ON WEBSITES OF OFFICES 
OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.—Section 8M(b) of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘is made 
publicly available’’ and inserting ‘‘is submitted in 
final form to the head of the Federal agency or the 
head of the designated Federal entity, as applica-
ble’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed as authorizing an 
Inspector General to publicly disclose information 
otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law.’’. 
SEC. 5. FULL AND PROMPT ACCESS TO ALL DOCUMENTS. 
Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) to have timely access to all records, re-
ports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, rec-
ommendations, or other materials available to the 
applicable establishment which relate to the pro-
grams and operations with respect to which that In-
spector General has responsibilities under this Act; 
‘‘(B) to have access under subparagraph (A) 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
pursuant to any provision of law enacted by Con-
gress that expressly— 
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‘‘(i) refers to the Inspector General; and 
‘‘(ii) limits the right of access of the In-
spector General; and 
‘‘(C) except as provided in subsection (i), with 
regard to Federal grand jury materials protected 
from disclosure pursuant to rule 6(e) of the Federal 
Rules of Criminal Procedure, to have timely access 
to such information if the Attorney General grants 
the request in accordance with subsection (h);’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as au-
thorizing an Inspector General to publicly disclose infor-
mation otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (g), as redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) If the Inspector General of an establishment 
submits a request to the head of the establishment for 
Federal grand jury materials pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1), the head of the establishment shall immediately no-
tify the Attorney General of such request. 
‘‘(2) Not later than 15 days after the date on which 
a request is submitted to the Attorney General under 
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paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall determine 
whether to grant or deny the request for Federal grand 
jury materials and shall immediately notify the head of 
the establishment of such determination. The Attorney 
General shall grant the request unless the Attorney Gen-
eral determines that granting access to the Federal grand 
jury materials would be likely to— 
‘‘(A) interfere with an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation or prosecution; 
‘‘(B) interfere with an undercover operation; 
‘‘(C) result in disclosure of the identity of a 
confidential source, including a protected witness; 
‘‘(D) pose a serious threat to national security; 
or 
‘‘(E) result in significant impairment of the 
trade or economic interests of the United States. 
‘‘(3)(A) The head of the establishment shall inform 
the Inspector General of the establishment of the deter-
mination made by the Attorney General with respect to 
the request for Federal grand jury materials. 
‘‘(B) The Inspector General of the establishment de-
scribed under subparagraph (A) may submit comments on 
the determination submitted pursuant to such subpara-
graph to the committees listed under paragraph (4) that 
the Inspector General considers appropriate. 
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‘‘(4) Not later than 30 days after notifying the head 
of an establishment of a denial pursuant to paragraph (2), 
the Attorney General shall submit a statement that the 
request for Federal grand jury materials by the Inspector 
General was denied and the reason for the denial to each 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judici-
ary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(B) The Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(C) Other appropriate committees and sub-
committees of Congress. 
‘‘(i) Subsections (a)(1)(C) and (h) shall not apply to 
requests from the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice.’’. 
SEC. 6. ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN INSPEC-
TORS GENERAL. 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
as amended by this Act, is amended— 
(1) in section 8(b)(2)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(2) in section 8D(a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(3) in section 8E(a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(4) in section 8G(d)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or 
from accessing information available to an element 
of the intelligence community specified in subpara-
graph (D),’’ after ‘‘investigation’’; 
(5) in section 8I(a)(2)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘from accessing informa-
tion described in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘com-
pleting any audit or investigation,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, access such informa-
tion,’’ after ‘‘complete such audit or investiga-
tion’’; 
(6) in section 8J, by striking ‘‘or 8H’’ and in-
serting ‘‘8H, or 8N’’; and 
(7) by inserting after section 8M the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8N. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary of Energy may prohibit the In-
spector General of the Department of Energy from access-
ing Restricted Data and nuclear safeguards information 
protected from disclosure under chapter 12 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.) and intel-
ligence or counterintelligence, as defined in section 3 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003), if 
the Secretary of Energy determines that the prohibition 
is necessary to protect the national security or prevent the 
significant impairment to the national security interests 
of the United States. 
‘‘(b) Not later than 7 days after the date on which 
the Secretary of Energy exercises any power authorized 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the Inspec-
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tor General of the Department of Energy in writing the 
reasons for such exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of 
any such notice, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Energy shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a statement concerning such exercise.’’. 
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) REPEALS.— 
(1) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 2008.—Sec-
tion 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. 
(2) FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOV-
ERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009.—Section 744 
of the Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (division D of Public Law 
111–8; 123 Stat. 693) is repealed. 
(b) AGENCY APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) AMENDMENTS.—The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by this Act, 
is further amended— 
(A) in section 8M— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘Each agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Each Federal agency 
and designated Federal entity’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘that agency’’ 
each place that term appears and in-
serting ‘‘that Federal agency or des-
ignated Federal entity’’; 
(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), by striking 
‘‘agency’’ each place that term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Federal agency 
and designated Federal entity’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘des-
ignated Federal entity’ and ‘head of the designated Fed-
eral entity’ have the meanings given those terms in section 
8G(a).’’; 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 (as defined in section 
8G(a))’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INSPECTORS
GENERAL 
WEBSITES.—Section 8M(b)(1) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by this Act, 
is further 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)’’ each place that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘report (or portion of that report)’’. 
(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’’. 
(2) PUNCTUATION AND CROSS-REFERENCES.— 
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
as amended by this Act, is further amended— 
(A) in section 4(b)(2)— 
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(B) in section 6(a)(4), by striking ‘‘sub-
penas’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; 
(C) in section 8D(a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
penas’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘subpena’’ each place that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’; 
(D) in section 8E(a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub-
penas’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoenas’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘subpena’’ each place that term appears 
and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’; and 
(E) in section 8G(d)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
pena’’ and inserting ‘‘subpoena’’. 
SEC. 8. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act. The requirements of this Act and the amendments 
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made by this Act shall be carried out using amounts other-
wise authorized. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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