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[S. 2178 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 409
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2178

                          [Report No. 115-245]

     To require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency to make open recommendations of Inspectors General publicly 
                   available, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 30, 2017

Ms. Heitkamp (for herself, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                              May 10, 2018

  Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Council of 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Inspector General 
Recommendation Transparency Act of 2017''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OPEN RECOMMENDATIONS 
              DATABASE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 11(c) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Open recommendations database.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the term `designated Federal 
                        entity' has the meaning given the term in 
                        section 8G(a)(2); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the term `open 
                        recommendation' means a recommendation--
                        </DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) issued by an 
                                Inspector General of an establishment 
                                or designated Federal entity and made 
                                publicly available; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) that has not been 
                                adopted or implemented by the 
                                establishment or designated Federal 
                                entity during the 1-year period 
                                following the date on which the 
                                recommendation was issued.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Establishment of database.--The 
                Council shall establish and operate a publicly 
                available database that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) is accessible via the 
                        website of the Council; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) includes the information on 
                        open recommendations submitted by each 
                        Inspector General of an establishment or 
                        designated Federal entity under subparagraph 
                        (C).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Contents.--Not later than 1 year 
                after the first semiannual reporting deadline described 
                in section 5(a) that occurs after the date of enactment 
                of this paragraph, and not less frequently than every 6 
                months thereafter, each Inspector General of an 
                establishment or designated Federal entity shall submit 
                to the Council, in a manner determined by the Council, 
                the status and disposition of each open recommendation 
                of the establishment or designated Federal entity, 
                which shall include--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the number of 
                        recommendations issued by the Inspector General 
                        for the fiscal year;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the number of 
                        recommendations described in clause (i) that 
                        are open recommendations;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the title of each report 
                        in which an open recommendation was 
                        issued;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) the assigned number of each 
                        open recommendation, as designated within a 
                        report described in clause (iii);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) a short description of each 
                        open recommendation;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vi) the date on which each open 
                        recommendation was submitted in final form to 
                        the head of the establishment or designated 
                        Federal entity;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(vii) the current status of each 
                        open recommendation, such as whether the 
                        recommendation remains open or has been 
                        partially implemented, or if the establishment 
                        or designated Federal entity has expressed that 
                        the recommendation is expected to be 
                        implemented soon;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(viii) if available, any 
                        comments of the Inspector General relating to 
                        why the recommendation remains open;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ix) if available, any response 
                        from the establishment or designated Federal 
                        entity relating to why the recommendation 
                        remains open; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(x) any other information as 
                        determined by the Council.''.</DELETED>

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.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 409

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2178

                          [Report No. 115-245]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and 
Efficiency to make open recommendations of Inspectors General publicly 
                   available, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 10, 2018

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title