[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 165 (Friday, November 19, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14892-S14893]
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                   AMENDING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 408, S. 1707.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1707) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
bill which had been reported from the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     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 inspector generals 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 Inspector 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 inspector generals 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.

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
committee substitute be agreed to, the bill be read the third time and 
passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements related to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 1707), as amended, was read the third time and passed, 
as follows:

                                S. 1707

       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

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     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 inspector generals 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 Inspector 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 inspector generals 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.