[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 976 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 976

  To provide that certain provisions of subchapter I of chapter 35 of 
 title 44, United States Code, relating to Federal information policy 
      shall not apply to the collection of information during any 
investigation, audit, inspection, evaluation, or other review conducted 
  by any Federal office of Inspector General, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 5, 2009

 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 provide that certain provisions of subchapter I of chapter 35 of 
 title 44, United States Code, relating to Federal information policy 
      shall not apply to the collection of information during any 
investigation, audit, inspection, evaluation, or other review conducted 
  by any Federal 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. INVESTIGATIONS, AUDITS, INSPECTIONS, EVALUATIONS, AND 
              REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL.

    Section 3518(c) of title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this subchapter shall 
        not apply to the collection of information during the conduct 
        of any investigation, audit, inspection, evaluation, or other 
        review conducted by--
                    ``(A) any Federal office of Inspector General, 
                including--
                            ``(i) any office of Inspector General of 
                        any establishment, Federal entity, or 
                        designated Federal entity as those terms are 
                        defined under sections 12(2), 8G(a)(1), and 
                        8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
                        (5 U.S.C. App.), respectively; or
                            ``(ii) any office of Special Inspector 
                        General established by statute;
                    ``(B) the Council of the Inspectors General on 
                Integrity and Efficiency established under section 11 
                of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); 
                or
                    ``(C) the Recovery Accountability and Transparency 
                Board established under section 1521 of division A of 
                the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
                (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 289).''.
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