,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #dchb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #ah1 #bjai,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 and ,mr4 ,meadows7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh to require the ,council of ,inspectors ,general on ,integrity and ,efficiency to include additional information in requests and reports to ,congress1 to make information available to ,congress regarding allegations closed without referral1 to expand the membership of the ,council1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,integrity ,committee ,transparency ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,additional information to be included in requests and reports to ,congress ,section #aa7;d7 of the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#e77;,b77ii71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 1 the ,office of ,inspector ,general involved1 the length of time the ,integrity ,committee has been evaluating the allegation of wrongdoing1 and a description of any previous written notice provided under this clause with respect to the allegation of wrongdoing1 including the description provided for why additional time was needed42 7#b7 in paragraph 7#h77;,a77ii71 by inserting or corrective action after disciplinary action2 and 7#c7 in paragraph 7#i77;,a71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 1 including with respect to each ,office of ,inspector ,general with more than #ej employees1 the number of allegations received with respect to each such ,office44 #c4 ,availability of information to ,congress regarding allegations of wrongdoing closed without referral 7a7 ,availability of information to ,congress ,section #aa7;d77#e77;,b7 of the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7iii7 ,availability of information to ,congress ,if the ,integrity ,committee closes the allegation of wrongdoing without referral to the ,chairperson of the ,integrity ,committee to initiate an investigation1 the ,chairperson of the ,integrity ,committee shall1 not later than #cj days after receiving a request from the ,chair or ranking minority member of a ,committee of ,congress1 provide such ,chair or ranking minority member a written description of the nature of the allegation of wrongdoing and how the ,integrity ,committee evaluated the allegation of wrongdoing for referral4 7iv7 ,requirement to forward ,with respect to any written description provided under clause 7iii71 the ,integrity ,committee shall forward such description to the members of the ,integrity ,committee and to the ,chairperson of the ,council4 4 #d4 ,oral briefing requirement ,section #aa7;d7 of the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#ad7 ,oral briefing 7,a7 ,semiannual oral briefings for oversight committees ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of the ,integrity ,committee ,transparency ,act of #bjai1 and every #f months thereafter1 the ,integrity ,committee shall seek to provide an oral briefing to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate on the activities of the ,integrity ,committee1 including-- 7i7 the nature and number of the allegations received by the ,integrity ,council in the preceding #f months1 including the nature and number of allegations received by the ,integrity ,council in the preceding #f months with respect to each ,office of ,inspector ,general2 7ii7 the nature and number of the allegations the ,integrity ,council closed without referral in the preceding #f months and the reason why each allegation was closed without referral2 7iii7 the nature of any difficulty encountered by the ,integrity ,council when receiving1 evaluating1 or referring for investigation allegations in the preceding #f months2 and 7iv7 trends in the nature and number of allegations received by the ,integrity ,council overall and with respect to each ,office of the ,inspector ,general in the preceding #e years1 respectively4 7,b7 ,other briefings ,the ,integrity ,committee shall provide an oral briefing of identical content to any other ,committee of ,congress upon the request of such ,committee4 4 #e4 ,membership of ,,cigie and ,integrity ,committee ,section #aa of the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by adding at the end the following3 7,j7 ,the former ,inspector ,general appointed under paragraph 7#d74 2 7,b7 by adding at the end the following3 7#d7 ,former ,inspector ,general 7,a7 ,appointment ,the ,chairperson of the ,council shall appoint a former ,inspector ,general who served at an office established under section #b or #h;,g to serve as a member of the ,council4 7,b7 ,initial term ,the initial term of the former ,inspector ,general appointed under subparagraph 7,a7 shall be #c years4 7,c7 ,additional term ,the ,chairperson of the ,council may reappoint the former ,inspector ,general appointed under subparagraph 7,a7 to serve for an additional #c-year term4 7,d7 ,rules 7i7 ,length of term unaffected ,the term of the former ,inspector ,general appointed under subparagraph 7,a7 shall not be affected if the ,chairperson of the ,council who appointed such former ,inspector ,general is no longer serving as the ,chairperson of the ,council at any point during such term4 7ii7 ,no effect of election of new ,chairperson ,if a new ,chairperson of the ,council is elected during the initial or additional term of the former ,inspector ,general appointed under subparagraph 7,a71 the new ,chairperson may not appoint a new former ,inspector ,general to serve as a member of the ,council until the expiration of the initial or additional term of the former ,inspector ,general1 as so may be the case4 7,e7 ,compensation ,the former ,inspector ,general appointed under subparagraph 7,a7 shall not be compensated for services rendered under this ,act and shall not be considered a ,federal employee for any purpose other than for purposes of #ha 7relating to compensation for injury7 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 and sections #bfga through #bfhj of title #bh 7relating to tort claims7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4 2 and 7#b7 in subsection 7d77#b77;,a71 by adding at the end the following3 7iv7 ,the former ,inspector ,general appointed under subsection 7b77#d74 4