[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3148 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3148
To modify the semiannual reports submitted by Inspectors General, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 3, 2021
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 modify the semiannual reports submitted by Inspectors 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 ``Inspector General Reporting
Modernization Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.
The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
(1) in section 4(a)(2)--
(A) by inserting ``, including'' after ``to make
recommendations''; and
(B) by inserting a comma after ``section 5(a)'';
(2) in section 5--
(A) in subsection (a)--
(i) by striking paragraphs (1) through (12)
and inserting the following:
``(1) a description of significant problems, abuses, and
deficiencies relating to the administration of programs and
operations of the establishment and associated reports and
recommendations for corrective action made by the Office;
``(2) an identification of each recommendation made before
the reporting period, for which corrective action has not been
completed, including the potential costs savings associated
with the recommendation;
``(3) a summary of significant investigations closed during
the reporting period;
``(4) an identification of the total number of convictions
during the reporting period resulting from investigations;
``(5) information regarding each audit, inspection, or
evaluation report issued during the reporting period,
including--
``(A) a listing of each audit, inspection, or
evaluation;
``(B) if 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,
including whether a management decision had been made
by the end of the reporting period;
``(6) information regarding any management decision made
during the reporting period with respect to any audit,
inspection, or evaluation issued during a previous reporting
period;'';
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (13)
through (22) as paragraphs (7) through (16),
respectively;
(iii) by amending paragraph (13), as so
redesignated, to read as follows:
``(11) a report on each investigation conducted by the
Office where allegations of misconduct were substantiated
involving a senior Government employee or senior official (as
defined by the Office) if the establishment does not have
senior Government employees, which shall include--
``(A) the name of the senior Government employee or
senior official, if already made public by the Office;
and
``(B) a detailed description of--
``(i) the facts and circumstances of the
investigation; and
``(ii) the status and disposition of the
matter, including--
``(I) if the matter was referred to
the Department of Justice, the date of
the referral; and
``(II) if the Department of Justice
declined the referral, the date of the
declination;'';
(iv) in paragraph (14)(B), as so
redesignated, by adding ``and'' at the end; and
(v) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated--
(I) by striking subparagraphs (A)
and (B) and inserting the following:
``(A) any attempt by the establishment to interfere
with the independence of the Office, including--
``(i) with budget constraints designed to
limit the capabilities of the Office; and
``(ii) incidents where the establishment
has resisted or objected to oversight
activities of the Office or restricted or
significantly delayed access to information,
including the justification of the
establishment for such action; and
``(B) a summary of each report made to the head of
the establishment under section 6(c)(2) during the
reporting period.''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and
inserting the following:
``(2) where final action on audit, inspection, and
evaluation reports had not been taken before the commencement
of the reporting period, statistical tables showing--
``(A) with respect to management decisions--
``(i) for each report, whether a management
decision was made during the reporting period;
``(ii) if a management decision was made
during the reporting period, the dollar value
of disallowed costs and funds to be put to
better use as agreed to in the management
decision; and
``(iii) total number of reports where a
management decision was made during the
reporting period and the total corresponding
dollar value of disallowed costs and funds to
be put to better use as agreed to in the
management decision; and
``(B) with respect to final actions--
``(i) whether, if a management decision was
made before the end of the reporting period,
final action was taken during the reporting
period;
``(ii) if final action was taken, the
dollar value of--
``(I) disallowed costs that were
recovered by management through
collection, offset, property in lieu of
cash, or otherwise;
``(II) disallowed costs that were
written off by management;
``(III) disallowed costs and funds
to be put to better use not yet
recovered or written off by management;
``(IV) recommendations that were
completed; and
``(V) recommendations that
management has subsequently concluded
should not or could not be implemented
or completed; and
``(iii) total number of reports where final
action was not taken and total number of
reports where final action was taken, including
the total corresponding dollar value of
disallowed costs and funds to be put to better
use as agreed to in the management
decisions;'';
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (3);
(iii) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated,
by striking ``subsection (a)(20)(A)'' and
inserting ``subsection (a)(14)(A)''; and
(iv) by striking paragraph (5) and
inserting the following:
``(4) a statement explaining why final action has not been
taken with respect to each audit, inspection, and evaluation
report in which a management decision has been made but final
action has not yet been taken, except that such statement--
``(A) may exclude reports if--
``(i) a management decision was made within
the preceding year; or
``(ii) the report is under formal
administrative or judicial appeal or management
of the establishment has agreed to pursue a
legislative solution; and
``(B) shall identify the number of reports in each
category so excluded.'';
(C) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection
(g); and
(D) by inserting after subsection (e) the
following:
``(f) If an Office has published any portion of the report or
information required under subsection (a) to the website of the Office
or on oversight.gov, the Office may elect to provide links to the
relevant webpage or website in the report of the Office under
subsection (a) in lieu of including the information in that report.''.
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