Title: Oversight.gov Authorization Act of 2020
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Oversight.gov Authorization Act of 2020
This bill directs the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, an independent government entity that oversees the Offices of Inspectors General, to formally establish and maintain the oversight.gov website (which was launched in 2017) and authorizes funding through FY2030 to support the council's mission.
Specifically, the website shall (1) consolidate all public reports from each Office of Inspector General (including the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery) to improve public access to any audit report, inspection report, or evaluation report made by an Office of Inspector General; and (2) include any additional resources, information, and enhancements as the council deems necessary or desirable.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4871 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4871

To authorize the establishment and maintenance of a website and provide 
 adequate financial resources for a more transparent Inspector General 
                               community.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 26 (legislative day, October 19), 2020

  Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Oversight.gov Authorization Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF OVERSIGHT.GOV; AUTHORIZATION 
              OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 11 of the Inspector General 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 Afghanistan 
                Reconstruction established under section 1229 of the 
                National Defense Authorization 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 Economic 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).
            ``(2) Establishment.--The Council shall establish and 
        maintain a website entitled `oversight.gov'--
                    ``(A) to consolidate all public reports from each 
                Office of Inspector General to improve the access of 
                the public to any audit report, inspection report, or 
                evaluation report (or portion of any such report) made 
                by an Office of Inspector General; and
                    ``(B) that shall include any additional resources, 
                information, and enhancements as the Council determines 
                are necessary or desirable.
            ``(3) Participation of offices of inspectors 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 section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), as amended by subsection (a), there are authorized 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 amendments 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 appropriation for the implementation of this Act.
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