Secret Service Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 117-s-4716
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-08-02
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Secret Service Transparency and Accountability Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires each office of the inspector general to offer a briefing to Congress of the contents of each of the office's semiannual reports. </p> <p>The bill also prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security from delegating the Secretary's authority to prohibit the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General from conducting investigations or audits, accessing information, or issuing subpoenas.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4716 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 2, 2022 Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require inspectors general to offer a briefing of the contents of each semiannual report to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secret Service Transparency and Accountability Act . 2. Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (1) in section 5— (A) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and (B) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Each Inspector General shall offer a briefing of the contents of each semiannual report prepared under this section to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of Congress with jurisdiction over the Inspector General, or at the request of any Member, committee, or subcommittee of Congress. ; (2) in section 6(a)(1)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting including any provision of law that restricts the release of records outside of a Federal agency, after other provision of law, ; and (3) in section 8I(b), by inserting may not be delegated and after paragraph (2) .