,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #fcg  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#edae  ,report ,no4 #aae-hbc  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march 
#bf1 #bjah ,mr4 ,walker introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,july #af1         
#bjah;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4        
,palmer1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,bishop
 of ,michigan1 and ,mr4 ,duncan of      
,tennessee  ,july #af1 #bjah ,reported  
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed ,strike out all after the       
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,march #bf1 #bjah  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require agencies to submit  
reports on outstanding recommendations  
in the annual budget justification      
submitted to ,congress4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    

,good ,accounting ,obligation in        
,government ,act or the ,,gao-,,ig ,act4
  #b4 ,reports on outstanding government
 accountability office and inspector    
general recommendations  7a7 ,required  
reports ,in the annual budget           
justification submitted to ,congress1 as
 submitted with the budget of the       
,president under section #aaje of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 the head of 
each agency shall include the following3
  7#a7 ,a report listing each public    
recommendation of the ,government       
,accountability ,office that is         
designated by the ,government           
,accountability ,office as open or      
closed1 unimplemented as of the date on 
which the annual budget justification is
 submitted4  7#b7 ,a report listing each
 public recommendation for corrective   
action from the ,office of ,inspector   
,general of the agency for which no     
final action has been taken as of the   
date on which the annual budget         
justification is submitted4  7#c7 ,a    

report on the implementation status of  
each public recommendation described in 
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b71 which shall   
include the following3  7,a7 ,with      
respect to a public recommendation that 
is designated by the ,government        
,accountability ,office as open or      
closed1 unimplemented--  7i7 that the   
agency has decided not to implement1 a  
detailed justification for the decision2
 or  7ii7 that the agency has decided to
 adopt1 a timeline for full             
implementation4  7,b7 ,with respect to a
 public recommendation for corrective   
action from the ,office of ,inspector   
,general of the agency--  7i7 for which 
the agency has taken action not         
recommended and considers closed1 an    
explanation of the reason why the agency
 took different action with respect to  
each audit report to which the public   
recommendation for corrective action    
pertains2 and  7ii7 for which no final  
action has been taken1 an explanation of
 the reasons why no final action was    

taken with respect to each audit report 
to which the public recommendation for  
corrective action pertains4  7,c7 ,with 
respect to an outstanding unimplemented 
public recommendation from the ,office  
of ,inspector ,general of the agency    
that the agency has decided to adopt1 a 
timeline for implementation4  7#d7 ,an  
explanation for any discrepancy         
between-- 7,a7 the most recent          
semiannual report submitted by the      
,inspector ,general of the agency and   
the report submitted under paragraphs   
7#b7 and 7#c72 and  7,b7 any report     
submitted by the ,government            
,accountability ,office relating to     
public recommendations that are         
designated by the ,government           
,accountability ,office as open or      
closed1 unimplemented and any report    
submitted under paragraph 7#a7 and 7#b74
  7b7 ,additional report requirements   
for certain agencies ,the head of a     
covered agency shall include in the     
annual budget justification described in

 subsection 7a7 a written response to   
each recommendation designated by the   
,comptroller in the annual priority     
recommendation letter sent to such head 
as high priority for attention by that  
head4  7c7 ,copies of submissions ,the  
head of each agency or covered agency1  
as applicable1 shall provide a copy of  
the information submitted under         
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 to the          
,comptroller ,general and the ,inspector
 ,general of the agency4  7d7 ,rule of  
,construction ,nothing in this bill may 
be construed to affect an authority     
provided to an ,inspector ,general of an
 agency under the ,inspector ,general   
,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app471     
including the authority of such         
,inspector ,general to identify each    
recommendation on which final action has
 not been taken4  7e7 ,definitions ,in  
this section3 7#a7 ,agency the term     
agency means--  7,a7 a designated       
,federal entity1 as defined in section  
#h;,g7a77#b7 of the ,inspector ,general 

,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app472 and 
7,b7 an establishment1 as defined in    
section #ab7b7 of the ,inspector        
,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4    
,app474  7#b7 ,covered agency ,the term 
covered agency means the following3     
7,a7 ,each agency described in section  
#ija7;b7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7,b7 ,the ,internal ,revenue    
,service4  7,c7 ,the ,securities and the
 ,security and ,exchange ,commission4   
7,d7 ,any additional agency determined  
by the ,comptroller ,general4  7#c7     
,semiannual report ,the term semiannual 
report means the semiannual report      
submitted to ,congress by each          
,inspector ,general under section #e of 
the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh   
7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app474  ,july #af1 #bjah 
,reported with an amendment1 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed