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public law congress act.
reorganize executive branch government increase economy efficiency inspector general within agriculture commerce housing urban development interior labor transportation within community administration environmental protection agency general administration national aeronautics space administration small business administration administration.
senate house united congress act inspector general act inspector general act.
purpose establishment sec.
order create independent objective office inspector general.
conduct supervise department agriculture department commerce department housing urban development department interior department labor department transportation community administration environmental protection agency general administration national aeronautics space administration small business administration administration provide leadership recommend designed promote economy efficiency effectiveness administration prevent detect fraud abuse provide keeping head establishment congress fully currently informed administration necessity progress corrective action thereby hereby established office inspector general.
removal sec.
shall head office inspector gen. eral shall president advice consent senate without regard political affiliation solely basis integrity ability accounting financial analysis law management analysis public administration.
inspector general shall report general supervision head establishment involved extent authority officer next rank head shall report subject supervision establishment.
neither head establishment officer next rank head shall prevent prohibit inspector general carrying audit investigation issuing course audit investigation.
inspector general may removed office president.
president shall communicate removal congress.
section title united code inspector general shall considered employee united nationwide administration federal.
inspector general shall accordance applicable governing civil service appoint assistant inspector general shall responsibility performance establishment appoint assistant inspector general shall responsibility performance investigative.
use.
sec.
shall duty responsibility inspector general respect establishment within office established provide policy direction conduct supervise establishment review legislation establishment make semiannual section concerning impact legislation economy efficiency administration establishment prevention detection fraud abuse recommend conduct supervise carried establishment purpose economy efficiency administration fraud abuse recommend conduct supervise establishment federal.
state local governmental nongovernmental respect.
promotion economy efficiency administration prevention detection fraud abuse establishment identification prosecution fraud abuse keep head establishment congress fully currently informed section otherwise concerning fraud serious administration establishment recommend corrective action concerning report progress made corrective action.
carrying subsection inspector general shall comply established comptroller general united federal establish shall appropriate use nonfederal take appropriate assure work nonfederal established comptroller general paragraph carrying established act inspector general shall give particular regard comptroller general united view toward duplication effective.
carrying established act inspector general shall report expeditiously attorney general whenever inspector general reasonable grounds believe violation federal criminal law.
report attorney general.
sec.
inspector general shall later.
year prepare semiannual office immediately preceding ending march shall include need limited description significant administration establishment disclosed period description corrective action made office period respect significant pursuant paragraph identification significant recommendation previous semiannual corrective action summary summary report made head establishment section period listing audit report office period.
semiannual inspector general shall head establishment involved later congress.
year shall head appropriate congress within thirty days receipt report together report head establishment head appropriate.
within sixty days transmission semiannual availability inspector general congress head shall make report available public upon request reasonable cost.
inspector general shall report immediately head establishment involved whenever inspector general becomes aware particularly serious flagrant administration transmittal establishment.
head establishment shall transmit congress.
report appropriate congress within seven calendar days together report head establishment head appropriate.
authority administration use.
sec.
addition authority otherwise provided act inspector general carrying act authorized access material available applicable establishment relate respect inspector general act make administration applicable establishment judgment inspector general necessary desirable request information assistance may carrying provided act federal state local governmental agency unit thereof require production information data documentary evidence necessary performance assigned act case contumacy refusal obey shall enforceable order appropriate united district court provided shall used inspector general obtain information federal direct prompt access head establishment involved necessary purpose pertaining performance act select appoint employ may necessary carrying office subject title united code governing competitive service chapter subchapter chapter use title classification general schedule pay.
obtain authorized section title united code daily exceed equivalent rate grade general schedule use note.
section title united code extent may provided advance enter analyses wath public private make pay may necessary carry act.
upon request inspector general information assistance subsection head federal agency involved shall insofar practicable contravention statutory restriction regulation federal agency information furnish inspector general authorized designee information assistance.
whenever information assistance subsection judgment inspector general unreasonably provided inspector general shall report head establishment involved without delay.
head establishment shall provide office within establishment appropriate adequate office space central field office establishment together equipment office may necessary operation shall provide necessary maintenance equipment therein.
sec.
inspector general may receive investigate.
information employee establishment concerning possible existence activity violation law mismanagement gross waste funds abuse authority substantial specific danger public health safety.
inspector general shall receipt complaint information employee disclose identity employee without consent employee unless inspector general disclosure unavoidable course investigation.
employee authority take direct take recommend approve personnel action shall respect authority take threaten take action employee reprisal making complaint information inspector general unless complaint made information disclosed knowledge false willful disregard truth.
semiannual sec.
secretary defense shall submit congress submittal semiannual period ending audit investigative inspection.
department defense.
shall within sixty days close ending march shall include limited description significant fraud waste abuse disclosed audit investigative inspection period description corrective action made respect summary prosecution.
statistical summary subject matter audit inspection period.
within sixty days transmission semiannual.
availability secretary shall make available public public upon request reasonable cost.
secretary compliance subsection would require inclusion material may constitute threat national security disclose intelligence function activity secretary may exclude material report.
material report subsection secretary shall provide minority appropriate general description nature material.
secretary may delegate provided delegation official office secretary defense presidential appointee confirmed senate.
designee secretary shall access information audit investigative inspection secretary would.
order effectuate act respect department defense secretary defense shall submit later march legislation establish appropriate period concerning audit investigative inspection department defense.
submittal.
secretary defense shall establish task force study operation audit investigative inspection department defense engage prevention detection fraud waste abuse.
secretary shall appoint director task force provided director shall person employee department defense.
director shall authority hire additional staff necessary complete study.
task force establishment.
membership.
director task force upon request member director staff task force shall access information relevant study audit investigative inspection department defense prepared provided information may withheld component head disclosure would compromise active investigation wrongdoing general military may delete report inspector general inclusion would affect ability inspector general obtain information future classified information shall task force unless staff access classified information appropriate.
upon request director secretary defense military shall assure task force access information provided subsection.
task force shall prepare comprehensive report shall include limited description audit investigative inspection department defense extent detect prevent fraud waste abuse comprehensive report.
evaluation whether sufficiently.
independent carry relationship criminal division department justice change organization may necessary improve effectiveness.
task force shall submit final report secretary final report.
defense director office management budget.
secretary director office management budget may form addenda report provide additional information deem necessary.
secretary shall submit report addenda congress later task force shall sixty days following submission.
matter concerning intelligence counterintelligence department defense assigned inspector general defense intelligence shall study task force.
transfer sec.
shall transferred.
office inspector general department agriculture department office investigation office audit department commerce department office staff portion office office security responsibility investigation criminal program abuse department housing urban development office department office inspector general department interior office department office audit investigation department labor office department office special department transportation department office security office audit department security federal aviation administration external audit federal aviation administration division external audit division office program review investigation federal highway administration office program urban mass transportation administration community administration agency division external audit division internal audit division environmental protection agency agency office audit security inspection division.
general administration agency office office national aeronautics space administration.
agency management audit office office security.
small business administration office agency office administration agency office office thereof head establishment involved may determine properly related office would transferred act except shall transferred inspector general paragraph program operating.
personnel assets property unexpended funds employed used available made available office agency transferred subsection arc hereby transferred applicable office inspector general.
personnel transferred pursuant subsection shall transferred accordance applicable transfer except classification compensation personnel shall reduced one year transfer.
case office agency transferred pursuant subsection office agency shall lapse.
person effective date act position accordance general schedule without break service office inspector general position comparable immediately preceding appointment shall continue new position less rate provided previous position duration service new position.
technical sec.
section title united code end thereof following new inspector general department health education welfare.
inspector general department agriculture.
inspector general department housing urban development.
inspector general department labor.
inspector general department transportation.
inspector general administration.
section title united code end thereof following new deputy inspector general department health education welfare.
inspector general department commerce.
inspector general department interior.
inspector general community administration.
inspector general environmental protection agency.
inspector general general administration.
inspector general national aeronautics space administration.
inspector general small business administration.
section act public law striking section section lieu thereof section section respectively.
sec.
used act.
term head establishment secretary agriculture commerce housing urban development interior labor transportation administrator munity environmental protection general national aeronautics space small business case may term establishment department agriculture commerce housing urban development interior labor transportation community administration environmental protection agency gens eral administration national aeronautics space administration small business administration administration case may term inspector general inspector general establishment term office office inspector general establishment term federal agency agency defined section title establishment defined paragraph united code shall include general accounting office.
effective date sec.
act made.
act shall take effect legislative history house report.
government.
senate report.
governmental.
congressional record vol.
considered house.
considered senate.
house senate amendment.
weekly compilation presidential vol.
presidential statement.