3.0.0 3766 2023-01-11T13:42:39Z 2023-01-11T13:42:39Z Senate S 2020-05-19 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-19T20:39:17Z 2020-05-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-05-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Department of the Treasury Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-05-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-25T22:35:53Z Seeking Inspector General's Honest Testimony Act or the SIGHT Act

This bill prohibits the President from blocking inspectors general from reporting to Congress regarding the implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and requires a report to Congress under specified circumstances involving denial of access to records under such act.

Specifically, if the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, or the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery determines that Treasury or the White House has not provided timely access or has impeded access to records regarding implementation of the CARES Act, then the office or committee shall report to Congress on the lack of access. If Treasury is responsible for the lack of access, then funding for the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be rescinded until Treasury provides access to the records.

]]> SIGHT Act Display Title SIGHT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SIGHT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Seeking Inspector General's Honest Testimony Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the President from blocking Inspectors General from reporting to Congress and to require a report to Congress if the Department of the Treasury or the White House does not provide timely access to records, documents, and other materials relating to the implementation and execution of the CARES Act, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3766is/xml/BILLS-116s3766is.xml 2020-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.