[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2714 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2714

 To vest responsibility for Inspector General duties for the National 
Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel Management 
         in the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2016

Mrs. McCaskill 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 vest responsibility for Inspector General duties for the National 
Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel Management 
         in the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Security Clearance Oversight and 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              DEFENSE FOR THE NATIONAL BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU 
              OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
shall exercise the duties and responsibilities of an Inspector General 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) with respect to 
the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) of the Office of 
Personnel Management, rather than the Inspector General of the Office 
of Personnel Management.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Responsibility of dod ig.--Section 8(c)(2) of the 
        Inspector General Act of 1978 is amended by inserting ``and the 
        National Background Investigations Bureau of the Office of 
        Personnel Management'' after ``the Department of Defense 
        (including the military departments)''.
            (2) Termination of responsibility of opm ig.--Section 11(2) 
        of such Act is amended by inserting ``(other than the National 
        Background Investigations Bureau)'' after ``the Office of 
        Personnel Management''.
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