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[S. 1707 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1707

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide 
 that certain designated Federal entities shall be establishments under 
                    such Act, 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. THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AS AN ESTABLISHMENT UNDER THE 
INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
        (1) Inspectors General serve an important function in 
    preventing and eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in the Federal 
    Government; and
        (2) independence is vital for an Inspector General to function 
    effectively.
    (b) Establishment of Inspector General.--The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
        (1) in section 8G(a)(2) by striking ``the Tennessee Valley 
    Authority,''; and
        (2) in section 11--
            (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``or the Commissioner of 
        Social Security, Social Security Administration;'' and 
        inserting ``the Commissioner of Social Security, Social 
        Security Administration; or the Board of Directors of the 
        Tennessee Valley Authority;''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``or the Social Security 
        Administration;'' and inserting ``the Social Security 
        Administration, or the Tennessee Valley Authority;''.
    (c) Executive Schedule Position.--Section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to the 
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration the following:
        ``Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority.''.
    (d) Effective Date and Application.--
        (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
    effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
        (2) Inspector general.--The person serving as Inspector General 
    of the Tennessee Valley Authority on the effective date of this 
    section--
            (A) may continue such service until the President makes an 
        appointment under section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 
        1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) consistent with the amendments made by 
        this section; and
            (B) shall be subject to section 8G (c) and (d) of the 
        Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) as applicable to 
        the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
        unless that person is appointed by the President, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate, to be Inspector General 
        of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF INSPECTORS GENERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR 
ACADEMY AND INSPECTORS GENERAL FORENSIC LABORATORY.
    (a) Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy.--
        (1) Establishment.--There is established the Criminal 
    Investigator Academy within the Department of the Treasury. The 
    Criminal Investigator Academy is established for the purpose of 
    performing investigator training services for offices of inspectors 
    general created under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
    App.).
        (2) Executive director.--The Criminal Investigator Academy 
    shall be administered by an Executive Director who shall report to 
    an inspector general for an establishment as defined in section 11 
    of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)--
            (A) designated by the President's Council on Integrity and 
        Efficiency; or
            (B) if that council is eliminated, by a majority vote of 
        the inspectors general created under the Inspector General Act 
        of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (b) Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory.--
        (1) Establishment.--There is established the Inspectors General 
    Forensic Laboratory within the Department of the Treasury. The 
    Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory is established for the 
    purpose of performing forensic services for offices of inspectors 
    general created under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
    App.).
        (2) Executive director.--The Inspectors General Forensic 
    Laboratory shall be administered by an Executive Director who shall 
    report to an inspector general for an establishment as defined in 
    section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)--
            (A) designated by the President's Council on Integrity and 
        Efficiency; or
            (B) if that council is eliminated, by a majority vote of 
        the inspectors general created under the Inspector General Act 
        of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (c) Separate Appropriations Account.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(33) a separate appropriation account for appropriations for 
    the Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy and the 
    Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory of the Department of the 
    Treasury.''.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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