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[S. 2178 Referred in House (RFH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2178


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2018

      Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To require the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency to make open recommendations of Inspectors General publicly 
                   available, 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 Recommendation 
Transparency Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OPEN RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 5--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``the 
                        total number and'' before ``a description of''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (3) and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(3) the total number of open recommendations described in 
        previous semiannual reports on which corrective action has not 
        been completed, and an identification of each open 
        recommendation, which shall include--
                    ``(A) the title of each report in which an open 
                recommendation was issued;
                    ``(B) the assigned number of each open 
                recommendation, as designated within a report described 
                in subparagraph (A);
                    ``(C) a short description of each open 
                recommendation;
                    ``(D) the date on which each open recommendation 
                was submitted in final form to the head of the 
                establishment;
                    ``(E) if available, any cost savings if the 
                corrective action with respect to the open 
                recommendation were completed; and
                    ``(F) any other information as determined 
                appropriate by the Inspector General that clarifies the 
                progress of implementing the open recommendation or the 
                expected timeframe for implementation.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (f)--
                            (i) paragraph (6)(B), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) the term `open recommendation' means a 
        recommendation--
                    ``(A) issued by an Inspector General of an 
                establishment and made publicly available;
                    ``(B) on which corrective action has not been 
                completed by the establishment during the 1-year period 
                following the date on which the recommendation was 
                issued; and
                    ``(C) that has not been otherwise closed by the 
                Office.''; and
            (2) in section 11(c), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Establishment of database.--Not later than 18 months 
        after the date on which the first semiannual report is required 
        to be prepared under section 5(a) after the date of enactment 
        of this paragraph, the Council shall establish and operate a 
        publicly available database that--
                    ``(A) is accessible via the website of the Council 
                in a standardized, searchable format; and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) the information on open 
                        recommendations that is required to be included 
                        in each semiannual report under section 
                        5(a)(3); and
                            ``(ii) any other information as determined 
                        necessary by the Council.
            ``(6) Submission of reports.--Beginning not later than 60 
        days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each 
        Inspector General of an establishment or a designated Federal 
        entity (as defined in section 8G(a)) shall, not later than 30 
        days after the date on which the Inspector General issues a 
        public report, submit to the Council the report for publication 
        on a centralized website.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(1) shall 
apply with respect to the first semiannual report prepared under 
section 5(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) after 
the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.

            Passed the Senate May 23, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                JULIE E. ADAMS,

                                                             Secretary.