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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
System Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Authority.--The term ``Authority'' means the Eastern 
        New Mexico Rural Water Authority, an entity formed under State 
        law for the purposes of planning, financing, developing, and 
        operating the System.
            (2) Engineering report.--The term ``engineering report'' 
        means the report entitled ``Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
        System Preliminary Engineering Report'' and dated October 2006.
            (3) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the operation, 
        maintenance, and replacement plan required by section 4(b).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of New 
        Mexico.
            (6) System.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``System'' means the 
                Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, a water delivery 
                project designed to deliver approximately 16,500 acre-
                feet of water per year from the Ute Reservoir to the 
                cities of Clovis, Elida, Grady, Melrose, Portales, and 
                Texico and other locations in Curry, Roosevelt, and 
                Quay Counties in the State.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``System'' includes the 
                major components and associated infrastructure 
                identified as the ``Best Technical Alternative'' in the 
                engineering report.
            (7) Ute reservoir.--The term ``Ute Reservoir'' means the 
        impoundment of water created in 1962 by the construction of the 
        Ute Dam on the Canadian River, located approximately 32 miles 
        upstream of the border between New Mexico and Texas.

SEC. 3. EASTERN NEW MEXICO RURAL WATER SYSTEM.

    (a) Financial Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may provide financial and 
        technical assistance to the Authority to assist in planning, 
        designing, conducting related preconstruction activities for, 
        and constructing the System.
            (2) Use.--
                    (A) In general.--Any financial assistance provided 
                under paragraph (1) shall be obligated and expended 
                only in accordance with a cooperative agreement entered 
                into under section 5(a)(2).
                    (B) Limitations.--Financial assistance provided 
                under paragraph (1) shall not be used--
                            (i) for any activity that is inconsistent 
                        with constructing the System; or
                            (ii) to plan or construct facilities used 
                        to supply irrigation water for irrigated 
                        agricultural purposes.
    (b) Cost-Sharing Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal share of the total cost of any 
        activity or construction carried out using amounts made 
        available under this Act shall be not more than 75 percent of 
        the total cost of the System.
            (2) System development costs.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the total cost of the System shall include any costs 
        incurred by the Authority or the State on or after October 1, 
        2003, for the development of the System.
    (c) Limitation.--No amounts made available under this Act may be 
used for the construction of the System until--
            (1) a plan is developed under section 4(b); and
            (2) the Secretary and the Authority have complied with any 
        requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) applicable to the System.
    (d) Title to Project Works.--Title to the infrastructure of the 
System shall be held by the Authority or as may otherwise be specified 
under State law.

SEC. 4. OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.

    (a) In General.--The Authority shall be responsible for the annual 
operation, maintenance, and replacement costs associated with the 
System.
    (b) Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement Plan.--The Authority, 
in consultation with the Secretary, shall develop an operation, 
maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes the rates and fees 
for beneficiaries of the System in the amount necessary to ensure that 
the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering 
approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into any contract, 
        grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement that is 
        necessary to carry out this Act.
            (2) Cooperative agreement for provision of financial 
        assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into a 
                cooperative agreement with the Authority to provide 
                financial assistance and any other assistance requested 
                by the Authority for planning, design, related 
                preconstruction activities, and construction of the 
                System.
                    (B) Requirements.--The cooperative agreement 
                entered into under subparagraph (A) shall, at a 
                minimum, specify the responsibilities of the Secretary 
                and the Authority with respect to--
                            (i) ensuring that the cost-share 
                        requirements established by section 3(b) are 
                        met;
                            (ii) completing the planning and final 
                        design of the System;
                            (iii) any environmental and cultural 
                        resource compliance activities required for the 
                        System; and
                            (iv) the construction of the System.
    (b) Technical Assistance.--At the request of the Authority, the 
Secretary may provide to the Authority any technical assistance that is 
necessary to assist the Authority in planning, designing, constructing, 
and operating the System.
    (c) Biological Assessment.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing 
any biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) that may be required for planning and constructing 
the System.
    (d) Effect.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) affects or preempts--
                    (A) State water law; or
                    (B) an interstate compact relating to the 
                allocation of water; or
            (2) confers on any non-Federal entity the ability to 
        exercise any Federal rights to--
                    (A) the water of a stream; or
                    (B) any groundwater resource.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with the adjustment carried out 
under subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this Act an amount not greater than 
$327,000,000.
    (b) Adjustment.--The amount made available under subsection (a) 
shall be adjusted to reflect changes in construction costs occurring 
after January 1, 2007, as indicated by engineering cost indices 
applicable to the types of construction necessary to carry out this 
Act.
    (c) Nonreimbursable Amounts.--Amounts made available to the 
Authority in accordance with the cost-sharing requirement under section 
3(b) shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United States.
    (d) Availability of Funds.--At the end of each fiscal year, any 
unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be retained 
for use in future fiscal years consistent with this Act.

A: Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act - (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System.

Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority or the state of New Mexico on or after October 1, 2003, for System development.

(Sec. 4) Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement to provide financial and any other assistance requested by the Authority for planning, design, related preconstruction activities, and construction of the System, subject to specified requirements; and (2) consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Authorizes the Secretary, at the Authority's request, to provide technical assistance in planning, designing, constructing, and operating the System.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations. Requires: (1) the amount made available to be adjusted to reflect changes in construction costs occurring after January 1, 2007, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction necessary to carry out this Act; (2) amounts made available to the Authority in accordance with the cost-sharing requirement to be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United States; and (3) any unexpended appropriated funds to be retained for use in future fiscal years consistent with this Act.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Unemployment Compensation Amendments 
of 1993''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
    (a) General Rule.--Sections 102(f)(1) and 106(a)(2) of the Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) 
are each amended by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and inserting 
``February 5, 1994''.
    (b) Weeks of Benefits Available During Extension.--
        (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 102(b)(2) of such Act is 
    amended--
            (A) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii),
            (B) by inserting after clause (v) the following new clause:
                ``(vi) Reduction of weeks after october 2, 1993.--In the 
            case of weeks beginning after October 2, 1993--

                    ``(I) clause (i) of this subparagraph shall be 
                applied by substituting `13' for `33' and by 
                substituting `7' for `26',
                    ``(II) clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of this 
                subparagraph shall not apply, and
                    ``(III) subparagraph A of paragraph (1) shall be 
                applied by substituting `50 percent' for `130 
                percent'.'', and

            (C) by striking ``or (iv)'' in clause (vii) (as redesignated 
        by subparagraph (A)) and inserting ``(iv), or (vi)''.
        (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 102(b)(2) of such Act is amended 
    by striking ``and (iv)'' and inserting ``(iv) and (vi)''.
    (c) Modification of Final Phase-Out.--Paragraph (2) of section 
102(f) of such Act is amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and inserting ``February 5, 
    1994'', and
        (2) by striking ``January 15, 1994'' and inserting ``April 30, 
    1994''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 101(e) of such Act is amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 2, 1993'' each place it appears in 
    paragraph (1) and inserting ``February 5, 1994'', and
        (2) by striking ``(and is not triggered off under paragraph 
    (1))'' in paragraph (2) and inserting ``after February 5, 1994,''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to weeks of unemployment beginning after October 2, 1993.
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.
    (a) Repeal of Disregard of Rights to Regular Compensation.--
Subsection (f) of section 101 of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act; except that such repeal shall not apply in determining 
eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation from an account 
established before October 2, 1993.

SEC. 4. WORKER PROFILING.

    (a) In General.--
        (1) Establishment of profiling system.--Section 303 of the 
    Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
    following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) The State agency charged with the administration of the 
State law shall establish and utilize a system of profiling all new 
claimants for regular compensation that--
        ``(A) identifies which claimants will be likely to exhaust 
    regular compensation and will need job search assistance services to 
    make a successful transition to new employment;
        ``(B) refers claimants identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
    to reemployment services, such as job search assistance services, 
    available under any State or Federal law;
        ``(C) collects follow-up information relating to the services 
    received by such claimants and the employment outcomes for such 
    claimants subsequent to receiving such services and utilizes such 
    information in making identifications pursuant to subparagraph (A); 
    and
        ``(D) meets such other requirements as the Secretary of Labor 
    determines are appropriate.
    ``(2) Whenever the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice and 
opportunity for hearing to the State agency charged with the 
administration of the State law, finds that there is a failure to comply 
substantially with the requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
Labor shall notify such State agency that further payments will not be 
made to the State until he is satisfied that there is no longer any such 
failure. Until the Secretary of Labor is so satisfied, he shall make no 
further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to 
such State.''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 304(a)(2) of the Social 
    Security Act is amended by striking ``or (i)'' and inserting ``(i), 
    or (j)''.
    (b) Participation Requirement.--Section 303(a) of the Social 
Security Act is amended--
        (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and 
    inserting ``; and'', and
        (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
        ``(10) A requirement that, as a condition of eligibility for 
    regular compensation for any week, any claimant who has been 
    referred to reemployment services pursuant to the profiling system 
    under subsection (j)(1)(B) participate in such services or in 
    similar services unless the State agency charged with the 
    administration of the State law determines--
            ``(A) such claimant has completed such services; or
            ``(B) there is justifiable cause for such claimant's failure 
        to participate in such services.''.
    (c) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary of Labor shall provide 
technical assistance and advice to assist the States in implementing the 
profiling system required under the amendments made by subsection (a). 
Such assistance shall include the development and identification of 
model profiling systems.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than the date 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall report to 
the Congress on the operation and effectiveness of the profiling system 
required under the amendments made by subsection (a) and the 
participation requirement provided by the amendments made under 
subsection (b). Such report shall include such recommendations as the 
Secretary of Labor determines are appropriate.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4 of the Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation Amendments of 1993 (Public Law 103-6) is hereby repealed.
    (f) Effective Dates.--
        (1) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take 
    effect on the date one year after the date of the enactment of this 
    Act.
        (2) The provisions of subsections (c), (d), and (e) shall take 
    effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND.
    Paragraph (1) of section 905(b) of the Social Security Act is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer (as of the close of each month) from the 
employment security administration account to the extended unemployment 
compensation account established by subsection (a), an amount 
(determined by such Secretary) equal to 20 percent of the amount by 
which--
        ``(A) the transfers to the employment security administration 
    account pursuant to section 901(b)(2) during such month, exceed
        ``(B) the payments during such month from the employment 
    security administration account pursuant to section 901 (b)(3) and 
    (d).
If for any such month the payments referred to in subparagraph (B) 
exceed the transfers referred to in subparagraph (A), proper adjustments 
shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred.''

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF REPORTING DATE FOR ADVISORY COUNCIL.

    Section 908(f) of the Social Security Act is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2d year'' and inserting 
    ``third year''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``February 1, 1994'' and 
    inserting ``February 1, 1995''.
SEC. 7. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN SPONSORSHIP PERIOD FOR ALIENS UNDER THE 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM.
    (a) Increase in Sponsorship Period.--
        (1) In general.--Section 1621 of the Social Security Act (42 
    U.S.C. 1382j) is amended by striking ``three years'' each place such 
    term appears and inserting ``5 years''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect on January 1, 1994.
    (b) Reinstatement of Prior Law.--
        (1) In general.--Section 1621 of the Social Security Act (42 
    U.S.C. 1382j), as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is 
    amended by striking ``5 years'' each place such term appears and 
    inserting ``3 years''.
        (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall 
    take effect on October 1, 1996.

SEC. 8. TREATMENT OF RAILROAD WORKERS.

    (a) Extension of Program.--
        (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b) of the 
    Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, 
    as amended) are each amended by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and 
    inserting ``January 1, 1994''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 501(a) of such Act is amended 
    by striking ``October 1993'' and inserting ``January 1994''.
    (b) Length of Benefits During Period of Extension.--Section 
501(d)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended by striking ``on and after the 
date on which a reduction in benefits is imposed under section 
102(b)(2)(A)(iv)'' and inserting ``after October 2, 1993''.
    (c) Termination of Benefits.--Section 501(e) of such Act is 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``October 2, 1993'' and inserting ``January 1, 
    1994'', and
        (2) by striking ``January 15, 1994'' and inserting ``March 26, 
    1994''.

SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) Repeal of Disregard of Rights to Regular Compensation.--
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3(b) of this Act, the repeal 
made by section 3(a) of this Act shall apply to weeks of unemployment 
beginning after October 2, 1993, except that such repeal shall not apply 
in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation from 
an account established before October 3, 1993.
    (b) Railroad Workers.--
        (1) In general.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 501(b) of the 
    Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, 
    as amended), as amended by section 8(a)(1) of this Act, are each 
    amended by striking ``January 1, 1994'' and inserting ``February 5, 
    1994''.
        (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 501(a) of such Emergency 
    Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as amended by section 8(a)(2) 
    of this Act, is amended by striking ``January 1994'' and inserting 
    ``February 1994''.
        (3) Termination of benefits.--Section 501(e) of such Emergency 
    Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as amended by section 8(c) of 
    this Act, is amended--
            (A) by striking ``January 1, 1994'' and inserting ``February 
        5, 1994'', and
            (B) by striking ``March 26, 1994'' and inserting ``April 30, 
        1994''.







                                Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                             Vice President of the United States and    
                                                President of the Senate.

A: Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 to extend to February 5, 1994, the authorization for new claims for benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program.  Reduces the number of benefit weeks available during such extended period after October 2, 1993, to seven or 13, as applicable.  Modifies the final phase-out period for continuation of claims. Repeals provisions which allow certain claimants who have exhausted benefits to choose EUC benefits in lieu of regular State benefits at the beginning of a new benefit year. Amends the Social Security Act to require the State agency administering the State unemployment law to establish and use a system of worker profiling of all new claimants for regular compensation to:  (1) identify which claimants will be likely to exhaust regular compensation and will need job search assistance services; (2) refer identified claimants to reemployment services available under State or Federal law; and (3) collect follow-up information on such services and employment outcomes.  Directs the Secretary of Labor to report to the Congress on such profiling system. Makes a technical amendment to Unemployment Trust Fund provisions. Extends a reporting date for an advisory council on unemployment compensation. Provides for a temporary increase in the sponsorship period for aliens under the supplemental security income program. Provides for an extension of the program of emergency unemployment compensation benefits for railroad workers.
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Q: SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    There is created an establishment of the Government to be known as 
the Congressional Office of Inspector General, which shall be 
independent of the executive departments and under the control and 
direction of the Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
Representatives.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    The purpose of this Act is to create independent and objective 
units--
            (1) to conduct and supervise audits and investigations 
        relating to the office procedures and operations of each Member 
        or committee of the House of Representatives and any other 
        office of the House of Representatives whose employees are paid 
        by the Clerk;
            (2) to provide leadership and coordination and recommend 
        policies for activities designed (A) to promote economy, 
        efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of, and (B) 
        to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such office 
        procedures and operations; and
            (3) to provide a means for keeping each Member of Congress 
        and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems 
        and deficiencies relating to the administration of such office 
        procedures and operations and the necessity for and progress of 
        corrective action.

SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL; SUPERVISION; REMOVAL; 
              APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDITING 
              AND ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIONS.

    (a) Appointment.--There shall be at the head of the Office an 
Inspector General who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives, without regard to political affiliation and solely on 
the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, 
auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public 
administration, or investigations. Except as hereinafter provided in 
this section, the Inspector General shall hold office for 7 years. The 
Inspector General shall not be eligible for reappointment.
    (b) Supervision.--The Inspector General shall report to and be 
under the general supervision of the Speaker and the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House shall not 
prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initiating, carrying 
out, or completing any audit or investigation.
    (c) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from office by 
the Speaker and the minority leader of the House only for cause.
    (d) Assistants.--Each Inspector General shall in accordance with 
applicable laws and regulations governing employees of the House of 
Representatives--
            (1) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing who 
        shall have the responsibility for supervising the performance 
        of auditing activities relating to office procedures and 
        operations of each Member or committee of the House of 
        Representatives and any other office of the House of 
        Representatives whose employees are paid by the Clerk; and
            (2) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for 
        Investigations who shall have the responsibility for 
        supervising the performance of investigative activities 
        relating to such office procedures and operations.

SEC. 4. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

    (a) In General.--It shall be the duty and responsibility of the 
Inspector General, with respect to the House of Representatives--
            (1) to provide for policy direction for and to conduct, 
        supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations relating to 
        the office procedures and operations of each Member or 
        committee of the House of Representatives and any other office 
        of the House of Representatives whose employees are paid by the 
        Clerk;
            (2) to review existing and proposed rules of the House of 
        Representatives and regulations relating to office procedures 
        and operations of each Member or committee of the House of 
        Representatives and any other office of the House of 
        Representatives whose employees are paid by the Clerk and to 
        make recommendations in the annual reports required concerning 
        the impact of such rules or regulations on the economy and 
        efficiency in the administration of office procedures and 
        operations administered or financed by each Congressional 
        office of the prevention and detection of fraud and abuse in 
        such office procedures and operations;
            (3) to recommend policies for, and to conduct, supervise, 
        or coordinate other activities carried out or financed by each 
        Member or committee of the House of Representatives and any 
        other office of the House of Representatives whose employees 
        are paid by the Clerk for the purpose of promoting economy or 
        efficiency in the administration of, or preventing and 
        detecting fraud and abuse in, office procedures and operations; 
        and
            (4) to keep the Congress fully and currently informed by 
        means of the reports required and otherwise, concerning fraud 
        and other serious problems, abuses, and deficiencies relating 
        to the administration of office procedures and operations, and 
        to report on the progress made in implementing such corrective 
        action.
    (b) Audit Standards.--In carrying out the responsibilities each 
Inspector General shall comply with established standards for audits of 
Federal establishments, organizations, programs, activities, and 
functions.
    (c) Reports of Rules Violations.--In carrying out the duties and 
responsibilities established each Inspector General shall report 
expeditiously to the chairman and the ranking minority party member of 
the Committee on Standards and Official Conduct whenever the Inspector 
General has reasonable grounds to believe there has been a violation of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Each Inspector General shall, not later than 
October 31 of each year, prepare annual reports summarizing the 
activities of the Office during the immediately proceeding 12 month 
period ending September 30. Such report shall include, but need not be 
limited to--
            (1) a description of significant problems, abuses, and 
        deficiencies relating to the administration of office 
        procedures and operations of each Member and committee of the 
        House of Representatives and any other office of the House of 
        Representatives whose employees are paid by the Clerk disclosed 
        by such activities during the reporting period;
            (2) a description of the recommendations for corrective 
        action made by the Office during the reporting period with 
        respect to significant problems, abuses, or deficiencies 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1);
            (3) an identification of each significant recommendation 
        described in previous annual reports on which corrective action 
        has not been completed;
            (4) a summary of matters referred to the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct and the actions which have 
        resulted;
            (5) a summary of each report made to the Speaker and 
        minority leader of the House of Representatives under section 
        6(b) during the reporting period;
            (6) a listing, subdivided according to subject matter, of 
        each audit report issued by the office during the reporting 
        period and for each audit report, where applicable the total 
        dollar value of questioned costs (including a separate category 
        for the dollar value of unsupported costs) and the dollar value 
        of recommendations that funds be put to better use;
            (7) a summary of each particularly significant report;
            (8) statistical tables showing the total number of audit 
        reports and the total dollar value of questioned costs 
        (including a separate category for the dollar value of 
        unsupported costs), for audit reports--
                    (A) for which no management decision has been made 
                by the commencement of the reporting period;
                    (B) which were issued during the reporting period; 
                and
                    (C) for which a management decision was made during 
                the reporting period, including--
                            (i) the dollar value of disallowed costs; 
                        and
                            (ii) the dollar value of costs not 
                        disallowed; and
                    (D) for which no management decision has been made 
                by the end of the reporting period;
            (9) statistical tables showing the total number of audit 
        reports and the dollar value of recommendations that funds be 
        put to better use by management, for audit reports--
                    (A) for which no management decision had been made 
                by the commencement of the reporting period;
                    (B) which were issued during the reporting period; 
                and
                    (C) for which a management decision was made during 
                the reporting period including--
                            (i) the dollar value of recommendations 
                        that were not agreed to by management; and
                            (ii) the dollar value of recommendations 
                        that were not agreed to by management; and
                    (D) for which no management decision has been made 
                by the end of the reporting period.
            (10) a summary of each audit report issued before the 
        commencement of the reporting period for which no management 
        decision has been made by the end of the reporting period 
        (including the date and title of each such report), an 
        explanation of the reasons such management decision has not 
        been made, and a statement concerning the desired timetable for 
        achieving a management decision on each such report; and
            (11) information concerning any significant management 
        decision with which the Inspector General is in disagreement.
    (b) Furnishing of Annual Report.--The annual report of the 
Inspector General shall be furnished to the Speaker and minority leader 
of the House of Representatives not later than October 31 of each year.
    (c) Report of Serious Problems.--The Inspector General shall report 
immediately to the Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
Representatives whenever the Inspector General becomes aware of 
particularly serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or deficiencies 
relating to the administration of office procedures and operations of 
any Member or committee of the House of Representatives and any other 
office of the House of Representatives whose employees are paid by the 
Clerk.
    (d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            (1) the term ``questioned cost'' means a cost that is 
        questioned by the Office because of--
                    (A) an alleged violation of the Rules of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (B) a finding that, at the time of the audit, such 
                cost is not supported by adequate documentation; or
                    (C) a finding that the expenditure of funds for the 
                intended purpose is unnecessary or unreasonable;
            (2) the term ``unsupported costs'' means a cost that is 
        questioned by the Office because the Office found that at the 
        time of the audit, such cost is not supported by adequate 
        documentation;
            (3) the term ``disallowed cost'' means a questioned cost 
        that management, in a management decision, has sustained or 
        agreed should not be charged to the House of Representatives;
            (4) the term ``recommendation that funds be put to better 
        use'' means a recommendation by the Office that funds could be 
        used more efficiently if management of a Member's office or 
        House committee or other office took action to implement and 
        complete the recommendation including--
                    (A) reductions in outlays; and
                    (B) any other savings which are specifically 
                identified;
            (5) the term ``management decision'' means the evaluation 
        by the management of a Member's office or House committee or 
        other office of the findings and recommendations included in an 
        audit report and the issuance of a final decision by management 
        concerning its response to such findings and recommendations, 
        including actions concluded to be necessary; and
            (6) the term ``final action'' means--
                    (A) the completion of all actions that the 
                management of a Member's office or House committee or 
                other office has concluded in its management decision, 
                are necessary with respect to the findings and 
                recommendations included in the audit report; and
                    (B) in the event that the management of a Member's 
                office or House committee or other office concludes no 
                action is necessary, final action occurs when a 
                management decision has been made.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    (a) In General.--In addition to the authority otherwise provided by 
this Act, the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of this 
Act, is authorized--
            (1) to have access to all records, reports, audits, 
        reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or other material 
        available to the applicable Member's office or House committee 
        or other office which relates to office procedures and 
        operations with respect to which the Inspector General has 
        responsibilities under this Act;
            (2) to make such investigations and reports relating to the 
        administration of the office procedures and operations of the 
        applicable Member's office or House committee or other office 
        as are, in the judgment of the Inspector General, necessary or 
        desirable;
            (3) to administer to or take from any person an oath, 
        affirmation, or affidavit, whenever necessary in the 
        performance of the functions assigned by this Act, employee of 
        an Office of an Inspector General designated by the Inspector 
        General shall have the same force and effect as if administered 
        or taken by or before an officer having a seal; and
            (4) to have direct and prompt access to a Member or 
        chairman of a House committee or head of any other office 
        within the House of Representatives when necessary for any 
        purpose pertaining to the performance of functions and 
        responsibilities under this Act.
    (b) Report of Refusal.--Whenever information or assistance 
requested under subsection (a)(1) is, in the judgment of an Inspector 
General, unreasonably refused or not provided, the Inspector General 
shall report the circumstance to the Speaker and minority leader of the 
House of Representatives without delay.

SEC. 7. COMPLAINTS BY EMPLOYEES; DISCLOSURE OF IDENTITY; REPRISALS.

    (a) Complaints.--The Inspector General may receive and investigate 
complaints or information from an employee of the House of 
Representatives concerning the possible existence of an activity 
constituting a violation of law, Rules of the House of Representatives, 
or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a 
substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety.
    (b) Disclosure of Identity.--The Inspector General shall not, after 
a receipt of a complaint or information from an employee, disclose the 
identity of the employee without the consent of the employee, unless 
the Inspector General determines such disclosure is unavoidable during 
the course of the investigation.
    (c) Reprisals.--Any employee who has authority to take, direct 
others to take, recommend or approve any personnel action, shall not, 
with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any action 
against any employee as reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing 
information to an Inspector General, unless the complaint was made or 
the information disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with 
willful disregard for its truth or falsity.

SEC. 8. REPEALER.

    Clause 2 of rule VI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
repealed.

A:
Creates the Congressional Office of Inspector General (Office), independent of the executive departments and under the control and direction of the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
Sets forth the functions of the Office. 
Makes an Inspector General (Inspector), to be appointed by the Speaker and minority leader, head of the Office for a seven-year term, unless removed by the Speaker and minority leader for cause. Makes the Inspector ineligible for reappointment. 
Requires the Inspector to appoint:  (1) an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing to supervise the auditing of the office procedures and operations of each Member or committee of the House and any other House office whose employees are paid by the Clerk; and (2) an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations to supervise investigations of such office procedures and operations. 
Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector. 
Requires each Inspector General to report annually to the Speaker and minority leader of the House. 
Authorizes the Inspector to receive and investigate complaints or information from a House employee concerning the possible existence of a violation of law or the Rules of the House, mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse or authority, or a substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety. 
Prohibits the Inspector, upon receiving the complaint or information, from disclosing the complainant's identity without the employee's consent, unless such disclosure is unavoidable during the course of the investigation. 
Prohibits any employee who has authority to take, directs others to take, or recommends or approves any personnel action from taking action against an employee as reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing information to an Inspector, unless the complaint was false and the complainant knew this or willfully disregarded truth or falsity. 
Repeals a provision of the Rules of the House which establishes and outlines the duties of an Inspector General.
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