HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4054, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT AMENDMENTS.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF 114E PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON. O.C. SOSO)
May 24, 1988
LEGISLATIVE REFERRAL MEMORANDUM
SEE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST
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SUBJECT: House subcommittee amendment to H.R. 4054, the Inspector
General Act Amendments.
The Office of Management and Budget requests the views of your
agency on the above subject before advising on its relationship
to the program of the President, in accordance with OMB Circular
A-19.
Please provide us with your views no later than
May 27, 1988
Direct your questions to Branden Blum (395-3454), the legislative
attorney in this office.
Enclosure
cc: Jack Sheehan
Karen Wilson
Ed Rea
Eric Hampl
Anna Dixon
Bob Damus
James C. Murr for
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
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AGENCY CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
Agency for International Robert Lester 647-8404
Development (02)
Department of Agriculture (01) Marvin Shapiro 382-1516
Department of Commerce (04) Mike Levitt 377-3151
Department of Defense (06) Sam Brick 697-1305
Department of Education (07) Nancy Heindel 732-2670
Department of Energy (09) Bob Rabben 586-6718
Department of Health
and Human Services (14) Frances White 245-7760
Department of Housing
and Urban Development (15) Ed Murphy 755-7093
Department of the Interior (16) Philip Kiko 343-6706
Department of Justice (17) Jack Perkins 633-2113
Department of Labor (18) Seth Zinman 523-8201
Department of State (25) Bronwyn Bachrach 647-4463
Department of Transportation (26) Tom Herlihy 366-4684
Department of the Treasury (28) Carole Toth 566-8523
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (13) Debbie Graham 634-6036
Environmental Protection Agency (08) Hank Schilling 382-5414
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Federal Emergency
Management Agency (10)
Federal Trade Commission (03)
NASA (19)
Office of Personnel Management (22)
Small Business Administration (24)
United States Postal Service (11)
Veterans Administration (29)
General Services Administration (37)
National Science Foundation (48)
Tennessee Valley Authority (12)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ((27)
Spence Perry
Craig Brightup
Jon A. McBride
James Woodruff
Cliff Downen
Fred Eggleston
Donald Ivers
Al Vicchiolla
Charles Herz
Willard Phillips
Trip Rothschild
646-4105
326-2195
453-1948
632-5524
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268-2958
233-3832
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357-9435
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Peace Corps
Smithsonian Institution
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
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AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 4054
OFFERED BY MR. BROOKS
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
1 TITLE I--INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT AMENDMENTS
2 SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.
3 This Act may be cited as the ? ? Inspector General Act
4 Amendments of 1988''.
5 SEC. 102. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW OFFICES OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
? 6 (al PURPOSE; ESTABLISHMENT.--Section 2(1) of the
7 Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C.
- 8 App.) is amended to readsas follows:
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(1) to conduct and supervise audits and
10 investigations relating to the programs and operations of
11 the establishments listed in section 11(2);'.
12 (b) ADDITION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENERGY, HEALTH AND HUMAN
13 SERVICES, JUSTICE, AND TREASURY AND FEMA TO LIST OF COVERED
14 ESTABLISHMENTS.--Section 11 of such Act is amended by
15 striking out paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu
15 thcrcf aUm frOlnwins:
17 (1) the term ? head of the establishment means the
18 Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education,
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1 Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban
2 Development, the Interior, Labor, State, Transportation,
3 or the Treasury; the Attorney General; the Administrator
4 of the Agency for International Development,
5 Environmental Protection, General Services, National
6 Aeronautics and Space, Small Business, or Veterans
7 Affairs; the Director of the Federal Emergency Management
8 Agency or the United States Information Agency; or the
9 Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board; as the case
10 may be;
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(2) the term establishment means the Department
12 of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy,
13 Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development,
14 the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, or
? 15 the Treasury; the Agency for International Development,
:16 the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal
17 Emergency Management Agency, the General Services
18 Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space
19 Administration, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Small
20 Business Administration, the United States Information
21 Agency, or the Veterans' Administration; as the case may
22 be;''.
23 (c) TRANSFERS OF EXISTING.AUDIT AND INVESTIGATION
24 UNITS.--Section 9(a)(1) of such Act is amended--
25 (1) by striking out subparagraph (I), relating to the
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1 Community Services Administration;
2 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (J) through (N) as
3 subparagraphs (I) through (M), respectively;
4 (3) by striking out and at the end of
5 subparagraphs (L) and (M) (as so redesignated); and
6 (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new
7 subparagraphs:
8 (N) of the Department of Justice, the offices
9 of that Department referred to as (i) the 'Audit
10 Staff, Justice Management Division', (ii) the 'Policy
11 and Procedures Branch, Office of the Comptroller,
12 Immigration and Naturalization Service', the 'Office
13 of Professional Responsibility, Immigration and
14 Naturalization Service', and the 'Office of Program
15 Inspection, Immigration and Naturalization Service',
16 (iii) the 'Office of Internal Inspection, United
17 States Marshals Service', (iv) the 'Financial Audit
18 Section, Office of Financial Management, Bureau of
19 Prisons' and the 'Office of Inspections, Bureau of
20 Prisons', and (v) from the Drug Enforcement
21 Administration, the 'Office of Inspections', the
22 Office of Professional Responsibility', and that
23 portion of the Office of Planning and Evaluation
24 which is engaged in program review activities;
25 ''(0) of the Department of the Treasury, the
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1 offices of that Department referred to as the 'Office
2 of Inspector General', and, notwithstanding any other
3 provision of law, that portion of each of the offices
4 of that department referred to as the 'Office of
5 Internal Affairs, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
6 Firearms', the 'Office of Internal Affairs, Customs
7 Service', and that portion of the 'Office of
8 Inspections, Secret Service', which is engaged in
9 internal audit activities;
10 (? P) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
11 the office of that agency referred to as the 'Office
12 of Inspector General;
13 ? (Q) of the Department of Energy, the Office of
14 Inspector General (as established by section 208 of
15 the Department of Energy Organization Act);
16 (? R) of the Department of Health and Human
17 Services, the Office of Inspector General (as
18 established by title II of Public Law 94-505); and
19 (? S) of the Railroad Retirement Board, the
20 Office of Inspector General (as established by
21 section 23 of the Railroad Retirement Act of
22 1974);''.
23 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.--(1) Section
24 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at
25 the end thereof the following new paragraphs:
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''Inspector General,
''Inspector General,
'Inspector General,
Department of Justice.
Department of the Treasury.
Agency for International
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Development.
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Inspector General,
Department of Commerce.
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''Inspector General,
Department of the Interior.
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''Inspector General,
Environmental Protection Agency.
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Inspector General,
Federal Emergency Management
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Agency.
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Inspector General,
General Services Administration.
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Inspector General,
National Aeronautics and Space
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Administration.
-13 Inspector General, Small Business Administration.
14 ''Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board.?.
15 (2) Section 5316 of such title is amended by striking out
16 each of the following paragraphs:
17 ''Inspector General, Agency for International
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18 Development. ;
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19 Inspector General, Department of Commerce. ;
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20 Inspector General, Department of the Interior. ;
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22 ''Inspectorn General, Community Services
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24 Inspector Gencral, Env'ronmiznt=1- Protimr.tinnAnancv-
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25 Inspector General, General Services Administration.
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1 inserting after section 8A the following new section:
2 ?PROTECTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN DESIGNATED FEDERAL
3 ENTITIES
4 ''SEC. 8B. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of
5 enactment of this section, there shall be established in each
6 designated Federal entity an Office of Inspector General. The
7 head of the designated Federal entity shall transfer to such
8 Office the offices, units, or other components, and the
9 functions, powers, or duties thereof, that such head
10 determines are properly related to the functions of the
11 Office of Inspector General and would, if so transferred,
12 further the purposes of this section. There shall not be
1_3 transferred to such Office any program operating
14 responsibilities.
15 (b) Each Inspector General shall report to and be under
16 the general supervision of the head of the designated Federal
. 17 entity involved, but shall not report to, or be subject to
18 supervision by, any other officer of such designated Federal
19 entity. The head of the designated Federal entity shall not
20 prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initiating,
21 carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation, or
22 from issuing any subpoena during the course of any audit cr
23 investigation.
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(c) Except as provided in subsection (g), the Inspector
25 General shall be appointed by the head of the designated
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1 Federal entity in accordance with the applicable laws and
2 regulations governing appointments within the designated
3 Federal entity.
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(d) If the Inspector General is removed from office or
5 is transferred to another position or location, the head of
6 the designated Federal entity shall promptly communicate the
7 reasons for any such removal or transfer to each House of the
8 Congress.
9 (e)(1) Sections 4, 5, 6 (other than subsections (a)(7)
10 and (a)(8) thereof), and 7 of this Act shall apply to each
11 Inspector General and Office of Inspector General of a
12 designated Federal entity and such sections shall be applied
13 to each designated Federal entity and head of the designated
14 Federal entity (as such terms are defined in subsection (h))
15 by substituting
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(? A) 'designated Federal entity' for
17 'establishment; and
18 (? B) head of the designated Federal entity for
19 'head of the establishment'.
20 (2) In addition to the other authorities specified in
21 this Act, an Inspector General is authorized to select,
22 appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be
23 necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties
24 of the Office of Inspector General and to obtain the
25 temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants
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1 or an organization thereof, subject to the applicable laws
2 and regulations that govern such selections, appointments,
3 and employment, and the obtaining of such services, within
4 the designated Federal entity.
5 (f) Within one year after the date of enactment of this
6 section, and on October 31 of each succeeding calendar year,
7 the head of each Federal entity which is not a designated
8 Federal entity shall prepare and transmit to the Director of
9 the Office of Management and Budget and to each House of the
10 Congress a report which--
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(1) states whether there has been established in
12 the Federal entity an internal audit office that meets
_13 the requirements of this section;
'14 (2) specifies the actions taken by the Federal
15 entity otherwise to ensure that audits are conducted of
a6 its programs and operations in accordance with the
17 standards for audit of governmental organizations,
18 programs, activities, and functions issued by the
19 Comptroller General of the United States, and includes a
20 list of each audit report completed by a Federal or
21 non-Federal auditor during the reporting period and a
22 summary of any particularly significant findings; and
23 (3) summarizes any matters relating to the
24 personnel, programs, and operations of the Federal entity
25 referred to prosecutive authorities, including a summary
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1 description of any preliminary 'investigation conducted by
2 or at the request of the Federal entity 'concerning these
3 matters, and the prosecutions and convictions which have
4 resulted.
5 (g) The Chief Postal Inspector of the United States
6 Postal Service shall also hold the position of Inspector
7 General of the United States Postal Service, and for purposes
8 of this section, shall report to, and be under the general
9 supervision of, the Postmaster General of the United States
10 Postal Service. The Chief Postal Inspector shall be appointed
11 by the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
12 and may be removed from office or transferred to another
13 position or location .within the United States Postal Service
14 by such Board. If the Chief Postal Inspector is removed or
15 transferred in accordance with this subsection, the Chairman
16 of the Board of Governors shall promptly notify each House of
17 the Congress of the reasons for such removal or transfer.
18 (h) Notwithstanding section 11 of this Act, as used in
19 this section--
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20 (1) the term Federal entity means any Government
21 corporation (within the meaning of section 103(1) of
22 title 5, United States Code), any Government controlled
23 corporation (within the meaning of section 103(2) of such
24 title), or any other entity in the Executive branch of
25 the Government, or any independent regulatory agency, but
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1 does not include--
2 (? A) an establishment (as defined in section
3 11(2) of this Act) or part of an establishment;
4 (? B) the Executive Office of the President;
5 (? C) the Central Intelligence Agency;
6 (? D) the General Accounting Office; or
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1 Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the
2 Humanities, the National Labor Relations Board, the
3 National Science Foundation, the Nuclear Regulatory
4 Commission, the Office of Personnel Management, the
5 Panama Canal Commission, the Peace Corps, the Pension
6 Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the Tennessee
8 Valley Authority, the United States International Trade
9 Commission, and the United States Postal Service;
10 (? 3) the term head of'the Federal entity ? means the
11 director, administrator, president, chairman, or chief
12 executive officer of a Federal entity, or any other
13 person or persons designated by statute as the head of a
14 Federal entity;
15 (? 4) the term head of the designated Federal
-16 entity means the director, administrator, president,
17 chairman, or chief executive officer of a designated
18 Federal entity, or any other person or persons designated
19 by statute as the head of a designated Federal entity;
20 (? 5) the term Office of Inspector General ? means an
21 Office of Inspector General of a designated Federal
22 entity; and
23 (? 6) the term ? Inspector General means an Inspector
24 General of a designated Federal entity.''.
25 SEC. 104. PROVISIONS TO ENSURE UNIFORMITY AND RELIABILITY OF
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1 INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.
2 (a) REPORT INFORMATION REQUIRED ON AUDITS.--Section 5(a)
3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is amended by striking
4 out "and'' at the end of paragraph (5) and by striking out
5 paragraph (6) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
6 (6) a listing, subdivided according to subject
7 matter, of each audit report issued by the Office during
8 the reporting period, together with a summary of the
9 particularly significant reports and, where applicable,
10 the amounts of costs reported as ineligible costs and the
11 amounts of costs reported as unsupported costs, in each
12 such report;
13 (7) separate statistical tables depicting the
.14 number of audit reports and, where applicable, amounts of
15 costs reported as ineligible costs and amounts of costs
16 reported as unsupported costs, such amounts agreed upon
17 in a management decision and added to accounts
18 receivable, amounts of funds recommended to be put to
19 better use and the amounts of such funds which agency
20 management has agreed should be put to better use,
21 concerning audit reports--
22 (? A) on which no management decision has been
23 made by the beginning of the period,
24 (? B) which were issued during the reporting
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1 (? C) on which a management decision was made
2 during the period,
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3 (D) on which no management decision has been
4 made by the end of the period, and
5 (? E) which were over six months old with no
6 management decision at the end of the period;
7 (8) a summary of each particularly significant
8 audit report issued before the commencement of the
9 reporting period for which a management decision was not
10 made within 6 months after the date of issuance of such
11 report, an explanation of the reason such management
12 decision was not made, and a statement as to the current
13 status of each such report;
14 (? 9) a description of, and explanation of the
15 reasons for, any significant revised management decision
?16 made during the reporting period;
17 (? 10) information concerning any significant
18 management decision with which the Inspector General is
19 in disagreement; and
20 (? 11) separate sections that include, with respect
21 to each audit and investigative office of the
22 establishment (other than audit or investigative offices
23 that conduct audits or investigations as an integral part
24 of a program of the establishment), the matters required
25 to be included under paragraphs (1) through (5) and (7)
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1 through (10) of this subsection and a summary of the
2 particularly significant reports....
3 (b) REPORT ON FINAL ACTION.--Section 5(b) of such Act is
4 amended--
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6 (2) by striking out ?containing any comments such
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1 better use as a result of final action on a management
2 decision; concerning audit reports for which a management
3 decision had been made but on which final action--
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(? ii) was taken during the period,
''(iii) was pending at the end of the period, and
(? iv) has not been taken within one year of the
9 date of the report.
10 (2) Within 60 days after the transmission of the
11 semiannual reports of each establishment head to the
12 Congress, the head of each establishment shall make copies of
13 such report available to the public upon request and at a
14 reasonable cost.''.
15 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT: DEFINITIONS.--Section 5 of such
-16 Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the
17 following new subsection:
18 (f) As used in this section--
19 (1) the term 'ineligible .cost' means a cost that is
20 questioned by the Office because of an alleged violation
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of a provision of a law, regulation, contract, grant,
cooperative agreement, or other agreement or document
governing the expenditure of funds;
(2) the term unsupported cost means a cost that
is questioned by the Office because the Office found
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that, at the time of the audit, such cost was not
supported by adequate documentation;
(3) the term management decision means the
evaluation by the management of an establishment of the
findings and recommendations included in an audit report
and the issuance of a written final decision by
management concerning its response, including actions
concluded to be necessary, to such findings and
recommendations.
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concluded, in its management decision, are necessary with
respect to the findings and recommendations included in
an. audit report, and, in the event that agency management
concludes no corrective action is necessary, final action
occurs when a management decision has been reached.?.
SEC. 105. OATH ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY.
Section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is.
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8) as
paragraphs (6) through (9), respectively, and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:
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(5) to administer to or take from any person an
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1 the performance of the functions assigned by this Act,
2 which oath, affirmation, or affidavit when administered
3 or taken by or before an employee of an Office of
4 Inspector General designated by the Inspector General
shall have the same force and effect as if administered
6 or taken by or before an officer having a seal:?
SEC. 106. EXTERNAL REVIEWS.
8 Section 4(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is
9 amended--
10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as
11 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;
12 (2) by inserting ??(1)'' after ''(b)''; and
13 (3) by adding at the end the following:
14 (2) For purposes of determining compliance with
15 paragraph (1)(A) with respect to whether internal quality
16 controls are in place and operating and whether established
17 audit standards, policies, and procedures are being followed
18 by Offices of Inspector General and internal audit offices
19 described in section 8B(f)(1), reviews shall be performed
20 exclusively by an audit entity in the Federal Government,
21 including the General Accounting Office or another Office of
22 Inspector General.''.
23 SEC. 107. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.
24 Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act,
25 the head of each designated Federal entity (as such term is
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1 defined in section 83(h) of the Inspector General Act of
2 1978) shall submit to the Director of the.Office of
3 Management and Budget and to each House of the Congress a
4 report on the status of the implementation by that agency of
5 the requirements of section 83 of such Act. Such report shall
6 identify any area or areas in which implementation is not
7 complete and describe the reasons for that failure.
8 SEC. 108. PAYMENT AUTHORITY SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.
9 Any authority to make payments under this Act shall be
10 effective only to such extent as provided in appropriations
11 Acts.
12 SEC. 109. APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS.
13 Section 1105(a)(25) of title 31, United States Code, is
. 14 amended to read as follows:
15 (25) a separate appropriation account for
16 appropriations for each Office of Inspector General
17 established by the Inspector General Act of 1978.?.
18 SEC. 110. DISCLOSURE OF TAX RETURNS AND RETURN INFORMATION
19 Section 5(e)(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 is
20 amended by striking out ?Nothing? in the first sentence and
21 inserting in lieu thereof ?Except to the extent provided in
22 section 6103(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
23 nothing''.
24 SEC. 111. EFFECTIVE DATE.
25 This title and the amendments made by this title shall
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TITLE II--GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Government Printing Office
Inspector General Act of 1988.
SEC. 202. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Title 44 of the United States Code is amended by adding
at the end the following new chapter:
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CHAPTER 39--GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
'GENERAL
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Appointment of Inspector
removal.
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Purpose and establishment and Office of Inspector
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order to create an independent
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(1) to conduct and supervise audits and
investigations relating to the Government Printing
(2) to provide leadership and coordination and
recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness; and
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1 Printer and the Congress fully and currently informed
2 about problems and deficiencies relating to the
3 administration and operations of the Government Printing
4 Office;
5 there is hereby established an Office of Inspector General in
6 the Government Printing Office.
7 S3902. Appointment of Inspector General; supervision;
8 removal
9 ''(a) APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.--There shall be
10 at the head of the Office of Inspector General, an Inspector
11 General who shall be appointed by the Public Printer without
12 regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of
.13 integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing,
.14 financial analysis, law, management analysis, public
15 administration, or investigations. The Inspector General
16 shall report to, and be under the general supervision of, the
17 Public Printer. The Public Printer shall have no authority to
18 prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initiating,
19 carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation, or
20 from issuing any subpoena during the course of any audit or
21 investigation.
22 (b) REMOVAL.--The Inspector General may be-removed from
23 office by the Public Printer. The Public Printer shall,
24 promptly after such removal, communicate in writing the
25 reasons for any such removal to each House of the Congress.
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2 the Inspector General
3 (a) Sections 4, 5, 6 (other than subsection (a)(7)
4 thereof), and 7 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5
5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Inspector General of the
6 Government Printing Office and the Office of such Inspector
7 General and shall be applied to the Government Printing
8 Office and the Public Printer by substituting
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.11 (2) Public Printer ? for head of the
12 establishment'.
13 (b) The Inspector General, in carrying out the
14 provisions of this chapter, is authorized to select, appoint,
15 and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary
16 for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the
17 Office of Inspector General subject to the provisions of this
18 title governing appointments and employment in the Government
19 Printing Office.''.
20 SEC. 203. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CHAPTERS.
21 The table of chapters for title 44, United States Code,
22 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
39. Government Printing Office: Office of
Inspector General 3901
23 SEC. 204. EFFECTIVE DATE.
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