[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3338 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3338

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to modify requirements with 
 respect to whistleblower complaints made by employees of an Office of 
               Inspector General, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2021

  Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
  Lynch, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
   Khanna, and Ms. Porter) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to modify requirements with 
 respect to whistleblower complaints made by employees of an Office of 
               Inspector General, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Enhanced Whistleblower Engagement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS.

    (a) Whistleblower Protection Coordinator.--Section 3(d)(1)(C) of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
        by inserting ``, including employees of that Office of 
        Inspector General'' after ``employees''; and
            (2) in clause (iii), by inserting ``(including the 
        Integrity Committee of that Council)'' after ``and 
        Efficiency''.
    (b) Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency.--Section 11(c)(5)(B) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ``, allegations of reprisal,'' 
and inserting the following: ``and allegations of reprisal (including 
the timely and appropriate handling and consideration of protected 
disclosures and allegations of reprisal that are internal to an Office 
of Inspector General)''.
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