,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bagh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #cj1 
#bjag,ms4 ,heitkamp 7for herself and    
,mrs4 ,ernst7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require the ,council of ,inspectors 
,general on ,integrity and ,efficiency  
to make open recommendations of         
,inspectors ,general publicly available1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,inspector ,general ,recommendation     
,transparency ,act of #bjag4  #b4       
,inspector ,general open recommendations
 database ,section #aa7;c7 of the       
,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh 7#e   
,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7#e7 ,open     
recommendations database  7,a7          
,definitions ,in this paragraph-- 7i7   
the term designated ,federal entity has 
the meaning given the term in section   

#h;,g7a77#b72 and  7ii7 the term open   
recommendation means a recommendation-- 
7,i7 issued by an ,inspector ,general of
 an establishment or designated ,federal
 entity and made publicly available2 and
  7,,ii7 that has not been adopted or   
implemented by the establishment or     
designated ,federal entity during the   
#a-year period following the date on    
which the recommendation was issued4    
7,b7 ,establishment of database ,the    
,council shall establish and operate a  
publicly available database that-- 7i7  
is accessible via the website of the    
,council2 and  7ii7 includes the        
information on open recommendations     
submitted by each ,inspector ,general of
 an establishment or designated ,federal
 entity under subparagraph 7,c74  7,c7  
,contents ,not later than #a year after 
the first semiannual reporting deadline 
described in section #e7;a7 that occurs 
after the date of enactment of this     
paragraph1 and not less frequently than 
every #f months thereafter1 each        

,inspector ,general of an establishment 
or designated ,federal entity shall     
submit to the ,council1 in a manner     
determined by the ,council1 the status  
and disposition of each open            
recommendation of the establishment or  
designated ,federal entity1 which shall 
include--  7i7 the number of            
recommendations issued by the ,inspector
 ,general for the fiscal year2  7ii7 the
 number of recommendations described in 
clause 7i7 that are open                
recommendations2  7iii7 the title of    
each report in which an open            
recommendation was issued2  7iv7 the    
assigned number of each open            
recommendation1 as designated within a  
report described in clause 7iii72  7v7 a
 short description of each open         
recommendation2  7vi7 the date on which 
each open recommendation was submitted  
in final form to the head of the        
establishment or designated ,federal    
entity2  7vii7 the current status of    
each open recommendation1 such as       

whether the recommendation remains open 
or has been partially implemented1 or if
 the establishment or designated        
,federal entity has expressed that the  
recommendation is expected to be        
implemented soon2  7viii7 if available1 
any comments of the ,inspector ,general 
relating to why the recommendation      
remains open2  7ix7 if available1 any   
response from the establishment or      
designated ,federal entity relating to  
why the recommendation remains open2 and
  7x7 any other information as          
determined by the ,council4  4